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Enrollment
460
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOREST MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280147000214
Hawkins Middle School
803 OAK STREET, FOREST, MS 39074 · (601) 469-1474 · Scott County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
386 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 128 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 27% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Hawkins Middle School→Forest High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Forest Municipal School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
22.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
30.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 10 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.4% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 40.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hawkins Middle School
Hawkins Middle School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkins Middle School this school | 460 | 83.9% | 35.6% |
| Bettye Mae Jack Middle School MORTON | 486 | 99.4% | 32.3% |
| Byhalia Middle School Byhalia | 438 | 99.3% | 35.9% |
| Trent Lott Pascagoula | 524 | 72.1% | 53.1% |
| William M Colmer Middle PASCAGOULA | 532 | 73.1% | 47.0% |
| Leake Central Junior High School CARTHAGE | 383 | 100.0% | 36.7% |
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 Hawkins Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #133 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #140 of 181 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #152 of 181 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #67 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #93 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #34 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #95 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #101 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
460
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 460 | 33.5 | 13.8:1 | 84% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 30.7 | 14.7:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 34.4 | 13.8:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 99% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 30.1 | 16.5:1 | 99% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 99% (440) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 90% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 76% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawkins Middle School.
About Hawkins Middle School
Hawkins Middle School is a public middle school in FOREST, Mississippi. It serves 460 students in grades 5 through 8.
Forest Municipal School District oversees Hawkins Middle School and 2 other schools, with 1,638 students in total.
Hawkins Middle School's enrollment is 53% Hispanic. Next come 36% Black, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 16% Hispanic among all Scott County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Hawkins Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Its 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.8:1. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 84% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 95% average for public schools in Scott County is 11 points higher.
Measured against Mississippi public middle schools, Hawkins Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Hawkins Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 35.6%. Predicted: 52.2%. Difference: 16.6 points.
Hawkins Middle School is located in Scott County, where median household income is about $48,786, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Hawkins Middle School is one of 12 public schools in Scott County, which together enroll about 5,627 students.
Forest High School is located about 1.4 miles from Hawkins Middle School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hawkins Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 460 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 509. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.8:1, from 15.4:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hawkins Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,718
Census ACS
Median income
$48,786
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forest Municipal School District
- Forest ElementaryElementary · 740 students
- Forest High SchoolHigh · 438 students
Other schools in FOREST
- Scott Central Attendance CenterCombined · 856 students
- Forest ElementaryElementary · 740 students
- Forest High SchoolHigh · 438 students
- FOREST SCOTT CO VOC TECH CENTERHigh
Other Hawkins Middle schools
One other US public school is named Hawkins Middle. Hawkins Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hawkins Middle SchoolBelfair, WA · 485 students
Nearby schools
- Forest High School1.4 mi · 438
- Forest Elementary1.5 mi · 740
- Scott Central Attendance Center6.6 mi · 856
- Lake Middle School7.1 mi · 237
- Lake High School8.1 mi · 231
- Lake Elementary School8.2 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Hawkins Middle SchoolHow large is Hawkins Middle School?
Hawkins Middle School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Hawkins Middle School serve?
Hawkins Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawkins Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawkins Middle School is approximately 13.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hawkins Middle School?
Student demographics at Hawkins Middle School are roughly 8% White, 53% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hawkins Middle School in?
Hawkins Middle School is part of Forest Municipal School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.