J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy

Located at 301 WASHINGTON AVENUE, in CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy is a rural-scale 9-12 campus that works with 106 students (grade 9), operated by Clarksdale Municipal School District. That puts it 84% below the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy is one of 7 schools operated by Clarksdale Municipal School District, a district that hosts 1,857 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy logs that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 35% multiracial. By comparison, Coahoma County as a whole is about 74% Black, so the school skews noticeably less Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.6:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 40.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Coahoma County) reports that median household earnings sit near $37,461, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 31%. J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy is one of 15 public schools in Coahoma County (combined enrollment of about 3,518 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clarksdale High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy.

J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy's enrollment has declined 38% since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 106). The Black share of enrollment fell from 99% to 64% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 today.

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