Houston Middle School

Set in Houston, Mississippi, Houston Middle School is a small intermediate school, overseen by Chickasaw County School District. It works with 352 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 452 students.

Chickasaw County School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,197 students. Houston Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Houston Middle School lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Chickasaw County indicate median household income runs about $43,586, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chickasaw County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,709 students), Houston Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Houston High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Houston Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.