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Enrollment
1,183
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000140
Hernando Middle School
700 Dilworth Lane, Hernando, MS 38632 · (662) 429-4154 · DeSoto County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,183 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A+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
17.2:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
319 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 411 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 394 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 378 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.6% | 84.5% |
% 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Hernando Middle School
Hernando Middle School's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hernando Middle School this school | 1,183 | 27.0% | 73.9% |
| Lewisburg Middle School Hernando | 996 | 21.8% | 74.3% |
| Brandon Middle School Brandon | 1,155 | 37.5% | 69.2% |
| Ocean Springs Upper Elementary Ocean Springs | 1,284 | 38.2% | 78.3% |
| Ocean Springs Middle School Ocean Springs | 899 | 39.4% | 74.4% |
| West Lauderdale Middle School Collinsville | 537 | 39.5% | 70.2% |
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 Hernando Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #6 of 176 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #5 of 181 ▼ 2 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #8 of 181 ▼ 2 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,183 | #5 of 186 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #147 of 163 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #90 of 164 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #182 of 184 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.6% | #8 of 34 | N/A |
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
1,183
+71 (+6%) vs 2020
+43% since 2000-01, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,183 | 68.8 | 17.2:1 | 27% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 1,147 | 66.6 | 17.2:1 | 25% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 1,150 | 63.4 | 18.1:1 | 100% (1,147) |
| 2020-21 | 1,112 | 68 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,109) |
| 2017-18 | 965 | 55.6 | 17.4:1 | 36% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 906 | 53 | 17.1:1 | 38% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | 45 | 19.8:1 | 40% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 42 | 19.7:1 | 28% (233) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hernando Middle School.
About Hernando Middle School
Hernando Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Hernando, Mississippi. Enrollment stands at 1,183 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 162% bigger than the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
DeSoto County School District includes 39 schools. Together they enroll 34,934 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hernando Middle School is White: 74%. The remaining shares are 11% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. DeSoto County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hernando Middle School scores 43%.
Its ratio of 17.2:1 is based on 68.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1, 3.5 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 27%. Public schools in DeSoto County average 49%.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Hernando Middle School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hernando Middle School is -6.9 points: 73.9% actual, 80.9% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for DeSoto County show that median household income comes to about $85,297, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 34,934 students.
Hernando High School sits about 0.2 miles from Hernando Middle School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hernando Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 1,112 to 1,183.
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DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Hernando
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Lewisburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
- Hernando Hills ElementaryElementary · 770 students
- Oak Grove Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- Hernando Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
- DESOTO COUNTY ALTERNATIVE CENTERCombined
Nearby schools
- Hernando High School0.2 mi · 1,529
- Hernando Elementary School0.3 mi · 707
- Hernando Hills Elementary1.5 mi · 770
- Oak Grove Central Elementary School2.0 mi · 744
- DeSoto Central Primary School5.7 mi · 792
- Lewisburg Intermediate School6.5 mi · 606
Frequently asked questions
About Hernando Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hernando Middle School?
Hernando Middle School enrolls approximately 1,183 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Hernando Middle School serve?
Hernando Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hernando Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hernando Middle School is approximately 17.2:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hernando Middle School?
At Hernando Middle School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 10% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Hernando Middle School?
Hernando Middle School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.