Enrollment
333
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TISHOMINGO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280426001226
Iuka Middle School
507 West Quitman, Iuka, MS 38852 · (662) 423-3316 · Tishomingo County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Mississippi public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
213 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 5 | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 26% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 48.9% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Iuka Middle School
Iuka Middle School's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iuka Middle School this school | 333 | 64.0% | 51.4% |
| Enterprise Middle School ENTERPRISE | 268 | 60.4% | 68.9% |
| Alcorn Central Middle School GLEN | 371 | 69.5% | 60.3% |
| Kossuth Middle School Corinth | 374 | 59.9% | 58.7% |
| Middle School Of Poplarville Poplarville | 476 | 58.8% | 57.5% |
| R.H. Long Booneville Middle School Booneville | 416 | 65.9% | 60.2% |
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 Iuka Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #76 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #109 of 181 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #52 of 181 ▲ 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #115 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #80 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.6% | #135 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #146 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #67 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
333
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 333 | 25.3 | 13.2:1 | 64% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 25.1 | 12.9:1 | 61% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 24.1 | 13.9:1 | 99% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 99% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 22.2 | 17.3:1 | 57% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 64% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 64% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 53% (174) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iuka Middle School.
About Iuka Middle School
Iuka, Mississippi, is home to Iuka Middle School, a small middle school. It reported 333 students in grades 5 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 452 students for middle schools in Mississippi.
Tishomingo County School District has 6 schools; together they serve 2,844 students.
The share of students at Iuka Middle School who are White is 89%. The remaining students are 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Tishomingo County residents are about 91% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 21, compared with 70 nationally.
Iuka Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1, with 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 64% at Iuka Middle School.
Iuka Middle School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Mississippi public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Iuka Middle School, the prediction is 62.2% and the result is 51.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Tishomingo County show that the median household earns about $53,040 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Tishomingo County, 8 public schools serve about 2,844 students.
Iuka Elementary School sits about 1.3 miles from Iuka Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Iuka Middle School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Iuka Middle School is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 350 (2020-21) to 333 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 13.2:1.
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Tishomingo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,660
Census ACS
Median income
$53,040
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,844 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tishomingo County School District
- Belmont SchoolsCombined · 855 students
- Tishomingo Co. High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Iuka Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Burnsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Tishomingo Elementary SchoolElementary · 254 students
- TISH. CO. CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTHigh
Other schools in Iuka
- Tishomingo Co. High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Iuka Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Iuka Elementary School1.3 mi · 414
- Tishomingo Co. High School3.7 mi · 578
- Burnsville Elementary School7.0 mi · 410
- Waterloo High School10.6 mi · 337
- Tishomingo Elementary School12.2 mi · 254
- Cherokee Elementary School13.4 mi · 226
Frequently asked questions
About Iuka Middle SchoolHow large is Iuka Middle School?
Iuka Middle School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Iuka Middle School serve?
Iuka Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Iuka Middle School have?
Iuka Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Iuka Middle School?
Student demographics at Iuka Middle School are roughly 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Iuka Middle School?
Iuka Middle School is overseen by Tishomingo County School District in Tishomingo County.
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