Enrollment
228
Middle
DISTRICT 187 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280195000336
Holly Springs Intermediate School
655 South Maury, HOLLY SPRINGS, MS 38635 · (662) 252-2329 · Marshall County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Mississippi public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
222 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 4 | 80 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 36% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 29% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Feeds from
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 43.8% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Holly Springs Intermediate School
Holly Springs Intermediate School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs Intermediate School this school | 228 | 97.4% | 40.8% |
| Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School Magnolia | 236 | 98.7% | 45.0% |
| Northwest Middle School Jackson | 242 | 100.0% | 71.1% |
| Leland School Park LELAND | 232 | 98.7% | 32.8% |
| Higgins Middle School MCCOMB | 287 | 100.0% | 48.4% |
| Charleston Middle School CHARLESTON | 208 | 98.6% | 28.1% |
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 Holly Springs Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #117 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #113 of 181 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #92 of 181 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #159 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #154 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #134 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #82 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #21 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
228
-26 (-10%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 795
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 228 | 13 | 17.6:1 | 97% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 14.8 | 15.0:1 | 100% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 17.2 | 13.3:1 | 100% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 14 | 18.1:1 | 99% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 17.7 | 18.6:1 | 97% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 97% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 96% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 91% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 795 | 37 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Springs Intermediate School.
About Holly Springs Intermediate School
Holly Springs Intermediate School is a small middle school for students in HOLLY SPRINGS, Mississippi. The grade span is 4 through 6, and enrollment is 228 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Mississippi is about 452, so this school runs 50% smaller than that.
Holly Springs School District serves 993 students across 4 schools.
About 88% of the student body at Holly Springs Intermediate School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 6% White and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Marshall County's population at about 43%. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 13 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Holly Springs Intermediate School was 17.6:1. This ratio sits 3.9 above the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 97%. That tracks the 97% average for public schools in Marshall County.
Holly Springs Intermediate School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Mississippi public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Holly Springs Intermediate School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 45.4%. Holly Springs Intermediate School scores 40.8%, 4.7 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Marshall County, the median household income is $53,458, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marshall County is home to 15 public schools and about 3,762 public school students.
The closest other public school is Holly Springs Primary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Holly Springs Intermediate School is behind the 43.3% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Enrollment dropped 10% from its 2020-21 level of 254.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,979
Census ACS
Median income
$53,458
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,762 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holly Springs School District
- Holly Springs Primary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Holly Springs High SchoolHigh · 288 students
- Holly Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 145 students
- HOLLY SPRINGS CAREER & TECH CENTERHigh
Other schools in HOLLY SPRINGS
- H. W. Byers High SchoolHigh · 362 students
- Holly Springs Primary SchoolElementary · 332 students
- Holly Springs High SchoolHigh · 288 students
- H. W. Byers ElementaryElementary · 262 students
- Holly Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 145 students
- Galena SchoolElementary · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Springs Primary School0.2 mi · 332
- Holly Springs Junior High School0.7 mi · 145
- Holly Springs High School0.8 mi · 288
- Galena School10.1 mi · 138
- Mary Reid School10.7 mi · 270
- Potts Camp High School11.2 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Springs Intermediate SchoolHow large is Holly Springs Intermediate School?
Holly Springs Intermediate School enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Holly Springs Intermediate School serve?
Holly Springs Intermediate School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holly Springs Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holly Springs Intermediate School is approximately 17.6:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Holly Springs Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Holly Springs Intermediate School are roughly 6% White, 3% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Holly Springs Intermediate School in?
Holly Springs Intermediate School is part of Holly Springs School District.
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