Huey L Porter Middle

Huey L Porter Middle, a tight-knit 6-8 campus in Canton, Mississippi, one of the schools within Canton Public Schools, caters to 356 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 452 students.

Huey L Porter Middle is one of 7 schools operated by Canton Public Schools, a district that caters to 3,157 students overall.

Demographically, Huey L Porter Middle records that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Huey L Porter Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Madison County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $83,441, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Madison County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,432 students), Huey L Porter Middle is one campus in the mix.

Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Huey L Porter Middle's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 356). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 88% to 72%.

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