Enrollment
145
Middle
DISTRICT 187 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLY SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280195001248
Holly Springs Junior High School
325 East Falconer, Holly Springs, MS 38635 · (662) 252-7735 · Marshall County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL145 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Mississippi public middle schools
- DTest 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
12.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
132 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 7 | 68 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 53% |
Student demographics
13%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
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
20.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.3% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 35.3% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% 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 Holly Springs Junior High School
Holly Springs Junior High School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs Junior High School this school | 145 | 91.0% | 29.4% |
| Shirley D. Simmons Middle School Canton | 124 | 94.4% | 56.3% |
| N H Pilate Middle School Newton | 178 | 90.4% | 39.6% |
| Bay Springs Middle School BAY SPRINGS | 181 | 96.7% | 44.8% |
| Simmons Jr. High School Hollandale | 116 | 97.4% | 43.2% |
| William Winans Middle School Centreville | 160 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #156 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #145 of 181 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #160 of 181 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 145 | #177 of 186 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #89 of 184 |
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
145
-65 (-31%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 145 | 11.2 | 12.9:1 | 91% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 11.1 | 13.2:1 | 100% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 11.3 | 12.2:1 | 100% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 210 | 12 | 17.5:1 | 99% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 163 | 14.7 | 11.1:1 | 98% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 11 | 20.6:1 | 98% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 92% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 14 | 20.2:1 | 91% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Springs Junior High School.
About Holly Springs Junior High School
Holly Springs Junior High School is a middle school in Holly Springs, Mississippi, reachable at (662) 252-7735. It reports enrollment of 145 students in grades 7 through 8. On average, middle schools in Mississippi enroll around 452, and this school is 68% below that mark.
The 4 schools in Holly Springs School District enroll 993 students altogether, Holly Springs Junior High School among them.
Black students are 93% of those enrolled at Holly Springs Junior High School. Other reported shares: 3% White and 2% Hispanic. That compares with about 43% Black among all Marshall County residents. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Holly Springs Junior High School are from different groups.
The school lists 11.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. Compared with the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 91% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Holly Springs Junior High School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Mississippi public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 29.4%, is 19.2 points below the 48.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
In the wider Marshall County area, the median household earns about $53,458 a year, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. Across Marshall County, 15 public schools serve about 3,762 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Holly Springs Junior High School from the closest public school, Holly Springs High School. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.8%; Holly Springs Junior High School's is 29.4%, ranking 9th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 145 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 210. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.5:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 228 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 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 228 students
- Galena SchoolElementary · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Holly Springs High School0.1 mi · 288
- Holly Springs Primary School0.6 mi · 332
- Holly Springs Intermediate School0.7 mi · 228
- Galena School10.7 mi · 138
- Mary Reid School11.2 mi · 270
- Potts Camp High School11.7 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Springs Junior High SchoolHow large is Holly Springs Junior High School?
Holly Springs Junior High School enrolls approximately 145 students in grades 07-08.
Is Holly Springs Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holly Springs Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Holly Springs Junior High School have?
Holly Springs Junior High School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Holly Springs Junior High School?
Student demographics at Holly Springs Junior High School are roughly 3% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Holly Springs Junior High School?
Holly Springs Junior High School is overseen by Holly Springs School District in Marshall County.
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