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What's the most underrated thing about CLEVELAND CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
423
Middle
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280075001475
Cleveland Central Middle School
601 LUCY SEABERY DR, CLEVELAND, MS 38732 · (662) 843-2338 · Bolivar County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
421 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 230 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 46% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cleveland Central Middle School→Cleveland Central High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cleveland School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.1%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
29.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.1% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 28.9% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cleveland Central Middle School
Cleveland Central Middle School's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Central Middle School this school | 423 | 99.5% | 32.8% |
| Vicksburg Junior High VICKSBURG | 409 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Northwest Middle School Meridian | 484 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| Magnolia Middle School Meridian | 440 | 100.0% | 32.8% |
| Natchez Middle Natchez | 397 | 100.0% | 37.1% |
| Gulfport Central Middle Gulfport | 568 | 99.8% | 47.0% |
Matched among Mississippi middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cleveland Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #145 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #143 of 181 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #132 of 181 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #76 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #140 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #98 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #58 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #76 of 119 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
423
-87 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 423 | 25.6 | 16.5:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 30.8 | 13.3:1 | 100% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 31.3 | 13.8:1 | 100% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 45 | 11.3:1 | 100% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 38.5 | 12.4:1 | 100% (479) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Central Middle School.
About Cleveland Central Middle School
Among the schools in CLEVELAND, Mississippi, is Cleveland Central Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 423 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8.
Cleveland Central Middle School is one school in an 8-school district, Cleveland School District, which enrolls 2,793 students.
The share of Black students at Cleveland Central Middle School is 75%, a majority. Smaller groups are 16% White, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Bolivar County is roughly 63% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cleveland Central Middle School, giving a ratio of 16.5:1. The school's 16.5:1 compares with an average of 13.7:1 for middle schools in Mississippi. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Bolivar County.
Cleveland Central Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of Mississippi public middle schools.
A school with Cleveland Central Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 44.4%. Cleveland Central Middle School scores 32.8%, 11.6 points below that line.
In Bolivar County, home to about 29,534 people, median household income comes to about $39,585, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 27% of residents are in poverty. The county has 19 public schools and about 4,415 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cleveland Central Middle School is closest to D.M. Smith Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.8%; Cleveland Central Middle School's is 32.8%, ranking 6th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Cleveland Central Middle School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 17%, from 510 to 423. The number of students per teacher increased from 11.3 to 16.5 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Cleveland Central Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Bolivar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,534
Census ACS
Median income
$39,585
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
27%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
4,415 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleveland School District
- Cleveland Central High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Bell AcademyElementary · 327 students
- Hayes Cooper CenterElementary · 304 students
- Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Nailor Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- D.M. Smith ElementaryElementary · 233 students
Other schools in CLEVELAND
- Cleveland Central High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Parks Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Nailor Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
- D.M. Smith ElementaryElementary · 233 students
- Pearman Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
- ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
Nearby schools
- D.M. Smith Elementary0.2 mi · 233
- Nailor Elementary School0.3 mi · 256
- Cleveland Central High School1.0 mi · 799
- Pearman Elementary School1.2 mi · 186
- Parks Elementary School1.6 mi · 265
- Bell Academy2.5 mi · 327
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland Central Middle SchoolHow many students attend Cleveland Central Middle School?
Cleveland Central Middle School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 07-08.
Is Cleveland Central Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cleveland Central Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Cleveland Central Middle School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Cleveland Central Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Central Middle School?
At Cleveland Central Middle School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 4% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cleveland Central Middle School?
Cleveland Central Middle School is overseen by Cleveland School District in Bolivar County.
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