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What's the one class at CRYSTAL SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
365
Middle
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPIAH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280122000167
Crystal Springs Middle School
2092 South Pat Harrison, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS 39059 · (601) 892-2722 · Copiah County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- C+Beats 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
13.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
365 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 5 | 89 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 26% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Crystal Springs Middle School→Crystal Springs High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Copiah County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 31.3% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Crystal Springs Middle School
Crystal Springs Middle School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Springs Middle School this school | 365 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| Magnolia Middle School MOSS POINT | 359 | 100.0% | 39.0% |
| Laurel Middle School Laurel | 388 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Kirksey Middle School Jackson | 389 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
| Hazlehurst Middle School HAZLEHURST | 292 | 99.7% | 42.7% |
| Hattiesburg STEAM Academy Hattiesburg | 263 | 100.0% | 54.4% |
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 Crystal Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #137 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #162 of 181 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #112 of 181 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #96 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #97 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #92 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #16 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.3% | #6 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
365
-182 (-33%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 963
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 365 | 26.3 | 13.9:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 100% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 34.8 | 13.8:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 100% (547) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 39.7 | 18.1:1 | 100% (720) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 100% (640) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 91% (577) |
| 2000-01 | 858 | 49 | 17.5:1 | 75% (641) |
| 1990-91 | 963 | 54 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crystal Springs Middle School.
About Crystal Springs Middle School
Crystal Springs Middle School is a small middle-grades school with its address in CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Mississippi. It enrolled 365 students in grades 5 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Crystal Springs Middle School is among 4 schools run by Copiah County School District, which serves 2,077 students.
Roughly 75% of students at Crystal Springs Middle School are Black. Other groups include 11% White, 11% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Copiah County residents are about 51% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.9:1 comes from the school's 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Crystal Springs Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Copiah County.
The allk12 Grade for Crystal Springs Middle School is C. Compared with Mississippi public middle schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Crystal Springs Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.8% is 9.4 points below the 44.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Copiah County show that the median household income is $49,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Copiah County is home to 7 public schools and about 3,397 public school students.
Crystal Springs Elementary is located about 1.3 miles from Crystal Springs Middle School. The five-mile area around Crystal Springs Middle School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 45.3% proficiency; Crystal Springs Middle School posts 34.8%.
Crystal Springs Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 182 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussions about Crystal Springs Middle School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Copiah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,855
Census ACS
Median income
$49,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Copiah County School District
- Wesson Attendance CenterCombined · 833 students
- Crystal Springs ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Crystal Springs High SchoolHigh · 397 students
Other schools in CRYSTAL SPRINGS
- Crystal Springs ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Crystal Springs High SchoolHigh · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Crystal Springs Elementary1.3 mi · 482
- Crystal Springs High School1.3 mi · 397
- Hazlehurst High School7.7 mi · 385
- Hazlehurst Elementary8.1 mi · 643
- Hazlehurst Middle School8.1 mi · 292
- Terry High School9.5 mi · 1,127
Frequently asked questions
About Crystal Springs Middle SchoolHow large is Crystal Springs Middle School?
Crystal Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 365 students in grades 05-08.
Is Crystal Springs Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crystal Springs Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Crystal Springs Middle School have?
Crystal Springs Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Crystal Springs Middle School?
Crystal Springs Middle School reports a student body of 11% White, 11% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Crystal Springs Middle School in?
Crystal Springs Middle School is part of Copiah County School District.
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