Enrollment
287
Middle
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280288000554
Higgins Middle School
1000 ELMWOOD STREET, MCCOMB, MS 39648 · (601) 684-2038 · Pike County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% 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
11.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
287 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 5 | 158 | 55% |
| Grade 6 | 129 | 45% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
Higgins Middle School→Denman Junior High School
Based on grade levels within McComb School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 45.0% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Higgins Middle School
Higgins Middle School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higgins Middle School this school | 287 | 100.0% | 48.4% |
| Denman Junior High School MCCOMB | 312 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| Greenwood Middle School Greenwood | 278 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Bailey APAC Middle School Jackson | 318 | 99.1% | 68.5% |
| Northwest Middle School Jackson | 242 | 100.0% | 71.1% |
| Robert L Merritt Junior High Indianola | 341 | 100.0% | 48.5% |
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 Higgins Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Pike County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #85 of 176 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #96 of 181 ▲ 18 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #106 of 181 ▼ 16 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #134 of 186 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #18 of 163 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.4% | #131 of 164 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #34 of 184 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.8% | #12 of 119 | 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
287
-149 (-34%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 287 | 26.1 | 11.0:1 | 100% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 22.9 | 13.1:1 | 100% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 23.4 | 13.4:1 | 100% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 29.3 | 16.3:1 | 100% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 100% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 87% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 79% (337) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | 41 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Higgins Middle School.
About Higgins Middle School
In MCCOMB, Mississippi, part of Pike County, Higgins Middle School is a middle-grades school. Students in grades 4 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 287 students. For comparison, middle schools in Mississippi average about 452 students.
McComb School District includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 2,121 students.
Most students at Higgins Middle School are Black: 88% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Pike County as a whole is about 54% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Higgins Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 22%.
Higgins Middle School's 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 11.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. On average, public schools in Pike County report 91%.
The allk12 Grade for Higgins Middle School is B. Compared with Mississippi public middle schools, the school scored higher than 64% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Higgins Middle School is +4.2 points: 48.4% actual, 44.1% predicted.
Across Pike County, median household income is about $43,814, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The public schools of Pike County number 20 and enroll about 5,717.
Kennedy Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Higgins Middle School is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Higgins Middle School went from 436 students to 287. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 11.0:1.
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Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,602
Census ACS
Median income
$43,814
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
5,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McComb School District
- McComb High SchoolHigh · 632 students
- Otken Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Denman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 312 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- Summit Elementary SchoolElementary · 200 students
- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in MCCOMB
- McComb High SchoolHigh · 632 students
- Otken Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Denman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 312 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY COMPLEXHigh
- TAC ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
Nearby schools
- Kennedy Elementary School1.2 mi · 232
- McComb High School1.4 mi · 632
- Denman Junior High School1.4 mi · 312
- Summit Elementary School1.6 mi · 200
- Otken Elementary School1.8 mi · 458
- North Pike Upper Elementary School2.4 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Higgins Middle SchoolHow many students attend Higgins Middle School?
Higgins Middle School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Higgins Middle School serve?
Higgins Middle School serves grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Higgins Middle School have?
Higgins Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Higgins Middle School?
Student demographics at Higgins Middle School are roughly 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Higgins Middle School in?
Higgins Middle School is part of McComb School District.
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