Holly Springs Junior High School

Located at 325 East Falconer, in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Holly Springs Junior High School is a micro-enrollment junior high that caters to 145 students (grades 7 through 8), part of Holly Springs School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so Holly Springs Junior High School sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Holly Springs School District (993 students total), Holly Springs Junior High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Holly Springs Junior High School records that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 3% White, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, Holly Springs Junior High School logs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Marshall County put the typical household earns roughly $53,458 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Marshall County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,762 students), Holly Springs Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Holly Springs High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Holly Springs Junior High School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Holly Springs Junior High School's enrollment has decreased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 163 (now 145). Class-load math has widened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.