Jefferson County Middle School

As a modestly sized junior high in Fayette, Mississippi, Jefferson County Middle School serves 240 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 452 students.

Jefferson County School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,083 students; Jefferson County Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Jefferson County Middle School logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Jefferson County Middle School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson County Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.7%; Jefferson County Middle School posts 29.4%, -15.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $38,305 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 33% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,083 students), of which Jefferson County Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson County Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson County Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.