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What's the most underrated thing about EAST CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
541
Middle
DISTRICT 683 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216000364
East Central Middle School
21725 Slider Road, Moss Point, MS 39562 · (228) 283-3170 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Mississippi public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
287 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 6 | 186 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 186 | 34% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
74.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 | 58.7% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 77.1% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 East Central Middle School
East Central Middle School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Central Middle School this school | 541 | 53.0% | 68.3% |
| Vancleave Middle School Vancleave | 562 | 55.3% | 73.1% |
| Purvis Middle School Purvis | 447 | 51.9% | 59.5% |
| Middle School Of Poplarville Poplarville | 476 | 58.8% | 57.5% |
| Florence Middle School Florence | 556 | 45.3% | 63.7% |
| Kossuth Middle School Corinth | 374 | 59.9% | 58.7% |
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 East Central Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #22 of 176 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #14 of 181 ▼ 1 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #22 of 181 ▲ 5 | #3 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #46 of 186 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #104 of 163 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #148 of 164 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #163 of 184 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #64 of 119 | #3 of 10 |
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
541
-79 (-13%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 655
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
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 | 541 | 38.4 | 14.1:1 | 53% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 36.7 | 15.5:1 | 53% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 35.1 | 17.1:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 100% (617) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 39.3 | 16.1:1 | 48% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 50% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 52 | 12.7:1 | 48% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 41% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 655 | 37 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Central Middle School.
About East Central Middle School
East Central Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in Moss Point, Mississippi. The student body numbers 541 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Jackson County School District, which runs East Central Middle School, has 13 schools and 8,845 students.
East Central Middle School enrolls a student body that is 93% White. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 2% Black. That is higher than the 67% White share among all Jackson County residents. By the diversity index, East Central Middle School comes in at 13%.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.1:1. Middle schools in Mississippi average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at East Central Middle School is 53%.
allk12 grades East Central Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with East Central Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 67.7%. East Central Middle School scores 68.3%, within a point of that line.
Jackson County has these Census figures: median household income is about $66,201, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. East Central Middle School is among the 46 public schools in Jackson County.
East Central Upper Elementary is the public school closest to East Central Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 71.0%; East Central Middle School's is 68.3%, ranking 7th of 9.
NCES describes the area around East Central Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 620 in 2020-21 and 541 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease.
Community posts for East Central Middle School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County School District
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- St. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Vancleave High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
Other schools in Moss Point
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- East Central Lower ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- East Central Upper ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- Moss Point High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Kreole Primary ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Magnolia Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
Other East Central Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named East Central Middle. East Central Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- East Central Middle SchoolTulsa, OK · 843 students
- East Central Middle SchoolSt Leon, IN · 803 students
Nearby schools
- East Central Upper Elementary0.1 mi · 566
- East Central High School0.2 mi · 777
- East Central Lower Elementary0.2 mi · 567
- Tanner Williams Elementary School10.0 mi · 304
- Agricola Elementary School11.0 mi · 543
- Vancleave Upper Elementary12.8 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About East Central Middle SchoolHow many students attend East Central Middle School?
East Central Middle School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does East Central Middle School serve?
East Central Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at East Central Middle School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at East Central Middle School.
How diverse is East Central Middle School?
East Central Middle School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees East Central Middle School?
East Central Middle School is overseen by Jackson County School District in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.