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Enrollment
440
Middle
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST POINT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280019101445
Fifth Street School
418 FIFTH STREET, WEST POINT, MS 39773 · (662) 494-2191 · Clay County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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.
- 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
10.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
375 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 124 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 137 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 175 | 40% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
Fifth Street School→West Point High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within West Point Consolidated School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 51.7% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Fifth Street School
Fifth Street School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth Street School this school | 440 | 85.2% | 45.0% |
| Alexander Junior High BROOKHAVEN | 340 | 82.6% | 45.0% |
| Eiland Middle LOUISVILLE | 308 | 78.6% | 36.4% |
| Tylertown Elementary School Tylertown | 234 | 82.5% | 41.0% |
| Lipsey Middle School BROOKHAVEN | 341 | 77.4% | 45.9% |
| Batesville Junior High School Batesville | 756 | 87.8% | 46.4% |
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 Fifth Street School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #101 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #81 of 181 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #116 of 181 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #73 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #11 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #105 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #94 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #17 of 34 |
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
440
-208 (-32%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
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 | 440 | 42.1 | 10.4:1 | 85% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 41.6 | 11.2:1 | 100% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 46.1 | 11.4:1 | 100% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 100% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 31.9 | 12.6:1 | 100% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 100% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fifth Street School.
About Fifth Street School
Fifth Street School is the name of a medium-sized middle school in WEST POINT, Mississippi. The school had 440 students in grades 5 through 7 in 2024-25.
Fifth Street School sits within West Point Consolidated School District, which has 6 schools and 2,528 students.
Fifth Street School is 79% Black by enrollment. Smaller groups are 13% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, 60% of Clay County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Fifth Street School counts 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. About 85% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Fifth Street School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Mississippi, Fifth Street School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 45.0% actual against a predicted 51.5%.
In Clay County (population about 18,383), the median household income is $43,125, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Fifth Street School is one of 8 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, East Side Elementary School, is about 0.6 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fifth Street School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Fifth Street School is Town: Remote.
Federal data show a 32% enrollment decrease, from 648 in 2020-21 to 440 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2020-21 to 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,383
Census ACS
Median income
$43,125
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,528 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Point Consolidated School District
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 1,010 students
- Church Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- South Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- East Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- West Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 111 students
- WEST POINT LEARNING CENTERCombined
Other schools in WEST POINT
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 1,010 students
- Church Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- South Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 337 students
- East Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- WEST POINT LEARNING CENTERCombined
- WEST POINT VOC COMPHigh
Nearby schools
- East Side Elementary School0.6 mi · 251
- West Point High School1.6 mi · 1,010
- Church Hill Elementary School1.6 mi · 379
- South Side Elementary School1.7 mi · 337
- Columbus Middle School12.3 mi · 597
- West Lowndes High School12.4 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Fifth Street SchoolHow many students attend Fifth Street School?
Fifth Street School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 05-07.
What grades does Fifth Street School serve?
Fifth Street School serves grades 05-07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fifth Street School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fifth Street School is approximately 10.4:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Fifth Street School?
Student demographics at Fifth Street School are roughly 13% White, 2% Hispanic, 79% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Fifth Street School in?
Fifth Street School is part of West Point Consolidated School District.
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