Denman Junior High School

Denman Junior High School is one of the intimate middle schools in MCCOMB, Mississippi, operated by McComb School District, with 312 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so Denman Junior High School sits 31% below that benchmark.

Within McComb School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,121 students, Denman Junior High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Denman Junior High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pike County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Pike County reports that median household income runs about $43,814, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Pike County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,717 students), of which Denman Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is McComb High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Denman Junior High School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 312). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 92% to 88%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Denman Junior High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.