Enrollment
292
Middle
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZLEHURST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280183000316
Hazlehurst Middle School
112 MARVIN MINOR DRIVE, HAZLEHURST, MS 39083 · (601) 894-3463 · Copiah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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
14.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
291 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 40% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Hazlehurst Middle School→Hazlehurst High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hazlehurst City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 | 28.1% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Hazlehurst Middle School
Hazlehurst Middle School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazlehurst Middle School this school | 292 | 99.7% | 42.7% |
| Laurel Upper Elementary Laurel | 253 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| Nichols Middle School Canton | 362 | 100.0% | 30.3% |
| Laurel Middle School Laurel | 388 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Hattiesburg STEAM Academy Hattiesburg | 263 | 100.0% | 54.4% |
| Huey L Porter Middle Canton | 356 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
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 Hazlehurst Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #112 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #117 of 181 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #130 of 181 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #131 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #120 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #93 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #55 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #82 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
292
-92 (-24%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 100% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 20.2 | 13.7:1 | 100% (277) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 16.6 | 19.9:1 | 100% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 23.6 | 13.8:1 | 100% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 99% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 1,108 | 68 | 16.3:1 | 91% (1,012) |
| 2000-01 | 1,326 | 71 | 18.7:1 | 97% (1,282) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hazlehurst Middle School.
About Hazlehurst Middle School
Hazlehurst Middle School is a small middle-grades school serving families in HAZLEHURST, Mississippi. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 292 students. It has 35% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Mississippi (about 452).
Hazlehurst Middle School is a school in Hazlehurst City School District. The district has 3 schools and 1,320 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hazlehurst Middle School is Black: 75%. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. The school's Black share is 25 points above the 51% share among Copiah County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. The average for middle schools in Mississippi, 13.7:1, is lower. Hazlehurst Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The figure for public schools in Copiah County is close, at 100%.
Hazlehurst Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hazlehurst Middle School would score about 44.3%. It scores 42.7%, 1.6 points below that figure.
For Copiah County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $49,089, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 7 public schools and about 3,397 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hazlehurst Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hazlehurst Middle School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Hazlehurst Middle School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 92 students, from 384 to 292. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.0:1 to 14.6:1.
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Copiah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,855
Census ACS
Median income
$49,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hazlehurst City School District
- Hazlehurst ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Hazlehurst High SchoolHigh · 385 students
Other schools in HAZLEHURST
- Hazlehurst ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Hazlehurst High SchoolHigh · 385 students
Nearby schools
- Hazlehurst Elementary0.0 mi · 643
- Hazlehurst High School0.6 mi · 385
- Crystal Springs Middle School8.1 mi · 365
- Crystal Springs Elementary9.3 mi · 482
- Crystal Springs High School9.4 mi · 397
- Wesson Attendance Center10.5 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About Hazlehurst Middle SchoolHow large is Hazlehurst Middle School?
Hazlehurst Middle School enrolls approximately 292 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hazlehurst Middle School serve?
Hazlehurst Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hazlehurst Middle School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Hazlehurst Middle School.
How diverse is Hazlehurst Middle School?
Hazlehurst Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hazlehurst Middle School?
Hazlehurst Middle School is overseen by Hazlehurst City School District in Copiah County.
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