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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CORINTH MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
719
Middle
DISTRICT 800 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORINTH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280126000006
Corinth Middle School
1000 EAST FIFTH STREET, CORINTH, MS 38834 · (662) 286-1261 · Alcorn County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Mississippi public middle schools
- B-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
15.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
492 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 5 | 169 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 164 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Corinth Middle School→Corinth High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Corinth School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 are down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 49.4% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Corinth Middle School
Corinth Middle School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth Middle School this school | 719 | 68.4% | 48.1% |
| Lake Cormorant Middle School Lake Cormorant | 707 | 68.9% | 45.0% |
| Pearl Jr High School PEARL | 944 | 70.9% | 51.0% |
| Singing River Gautier | 416 | 70.7% | 60.7% |
| Biloxi Upper Elementary School Biloxi | 844 | 64.8% | 66.3% |
| Picayune Junior High School Picayune | 465 | 69.0% | 47.2% |
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 Corinth Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #89 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #93 of 181 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #79 of 181 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 719 | #27 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #129 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #9 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #134 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #109 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
719
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
+151% since 2000-01, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 719 | 46.7 | 15.4:1 | 68% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 717 | 45.5 | 15.8:1 | 69% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 46.1 | 15.9:1 | 100% (728) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 100% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 44.7 | 16.9:1 | 59% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 45 | 17.4:1 | 60% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 52% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Corinth Middle School.
About Corinth Middle School
Corinth Middle School, located in CORINTH, Mississippi, is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. There are 719 students enrolled, covering grades 5 through 8. That puts enrollment 59% bigger than the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Corinth School District totals 2,400 students.
At Corinth Middle School, White students make up the biggest share, 46%. Smaller groups are 28% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 81% of Alcorn County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Teacher count: 46.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.4:1. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Roughly 68% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Corinth Middle School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Corinth Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.1%, compared with a predicted 60.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Alcorn County area, the median household earns about $51,260 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Corinth Middle School shares Alcorn County with 12 other public schools.
Corinth High School is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Corinth Middle School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 48.1% versus a 54.5% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 719 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Alcorn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,289
Census ACS
Median income
$51,260
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,626 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corinth School District
- Corinth Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,071 students
- Corinth High SchoolHigh · 610 students
Other schools in CORINTH
- Corinth Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,071 students
- Corinth High SchoolHigh · 610 students
- Kossuth Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Kossuth High SchoolHigh · 398 students
- Kossuth Middle SchoolMiddle · 374 students
- Biggersville ElementaryElementary · 354 students
Other Corinth Middle schools
One other US public school is named Corinth Middle. Corinth Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- CORINTH MIDDLE SCHOOLCORINTH, NY · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Corinth High School1.1 mi · 610
- Corinth Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,071
- Alcorn Central Elementary School5.2 mi · 510
- Alcorn Central Middle School5.3 mi · 371
- Alcorn Central High School5.3 mi · 386
- Biggersville High School7.7 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Corinth Middle SchoolHow many students attend Corinth Middle School?
Corinth Middle School enrolls approximately 719 students in grades 05-08.
Is Corinth Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Corinth Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Corinth Middle School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Corinth Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Corinth Middle School?
Student demographics at Corinth Middle School are roughly 46% White, 17% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Corinth Middle School in?
Corinth Middle School is part of Corinth School District.
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