Florence Middle School

As a mid-sized intermediate school in Florence, Mississippi, Florence Middle School instructs 556 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Rankin County School District. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 452 students.

Rankin County School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,196 students; Florence Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Florence Middle School reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 12% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Rankin County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Florence Middle School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Florence Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rankin County) shows that median household income runs about $79,357, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Florence Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Rankin County (combined enrollment of about 22,454 students).

Florence High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Florence Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 63.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 556 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Florence Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.