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What's the most underrated thing about GRENADA MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
793
Middle
DISTRICT 1,288 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRENADA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280168000264
Grenada Middle School
28 JONES ROAD, GRENADA, MS 38901 · (662) 226-5135 · Grenada County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Mississippi public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.6:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
605 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 250 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 260 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
48.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 63.2% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Grenada Middle School
Grenada Middle School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grenada Middle School this school | 793 | 76.3% | 57.9% |
| New Hope Middle School Columbus | 604 | 68.5% | 52.9% |
| West Harrison Middle Gulfport | 650 | 72.8% | 64.3% |
| Kosciusko Jr High School KOSCIUSKO | 472 | 77.3% | 53.4% |
| Neshoba Central Middle School Philadelphia | 645 | 70.2% | 72.0% |
| 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 Grenada Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #58 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #35 of 181 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #60 of 181 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #21 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #115 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #62 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #109 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #55 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
793
-146 (-16%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 671
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 793 | 54.5 | 14.6:1 | 76% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 797 | 56.5 | 14.1:1 | 75% (597) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 57.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (831) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 59 | 15.9:1 | 100% (936) |
| 2017-18 | 961 | 53.9 | 17.8:1 | 76% (733) |
| 2015-16 | 923 | 56 | 16.5:1 | 74% (683) |
| 2010-11 | 1,020 | 50 | 20.4:1 | 67% (686) |
| 2000-01 | 1,119 | 50 | 22.4:1 | 60% (666) |
| 1990-91 | 671 | 34 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grenada Middle School.
About Grenada Middle School
Grenada Middle School is a large middle-grades school in GRENADA, Mississippi. Federal data show 793 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Mississippi average about 452 students, which makes this school 75% bigger than average.
Grenada School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,863 students.
The largest group at Grenada Middle School is Black students, at 51%. The remaining students are 46% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Grenada Middle School scores 53%.
Grenada Middle School has 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.6:1. The school's 14.6:1 compares with an average of 13.7:1 for middle schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. Public schools in Grenada County average a similar 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grenada Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Mississippi public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Grenada Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.9%; the prediction is 56.0%.
Looking at the county, Grenada County, the median household earns about $48,804 a year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Grenada Middle School, Grenada County has 5 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Grenada Middle School from the closest public school, Grenada High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Grenada Middle School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 793, compared with 939 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.9:1 to 14.6:1.
This page is set up for the Grenada Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Grenada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,217
Census ACS
Median income
$48,804
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
3,863 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grenada School District
- Grenada Elementary SchoolElementary · 2,044 students
- Grenada High SchoolHigh · 1,026 students
- GRENADA ENRICHMENT & TRANSITION CENHigh
- GRENADA VOC COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in GRENADA
- Grenada Elementary SchoolElementary · 2,044 students
- Grenada High SchoolHigh · 1,026 students
- GRENADA ENRICHMENT & TRANSITION CENHigh
- GRENADA VOC COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- Grenada High School0.2 mi · 1,026
- Grenada Elementary School2.0 mi · 2,044
- Coffeeville High School16.7 mi · 110
- Coffeeville Elementary School16.9 mi · 257
- J.Z. George High School17.9 mi · 343
- Marshall Elementary School17.9 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Grenada Middle SchoolHow large is Grenada Middle School?
Grenada Middle School enrolls approximately 793 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Grenada Middle School serve?
Grenada Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Grenada Middle School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Grenada Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grenada Middle School?
At Grenada Middle School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 1% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Grenada Middle School public or private?
Grenada Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Grenada School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.