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Enrollment
707
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132001282
Lake Cormorant Middle School
3203 Wilson Mill Road W, Lake Cormorant, MS 38641 · (662) 781-0778 · DeSoto County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL707 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
487 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 6 | 243 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
37.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.1% | 55.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lake Cormorant Middle School
Lake Cormorant Middle School's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Cormorant Middle School this school | 707 | 68.9% | 45.0% |
| Pearl Jr High School PEARL | 944 | 70.9% | 51.0% |
| Corinth Middle School CORINTH | 719 | 68.4% | 48.1% |
| Olive Branch Middle School OLIVE BRANCH | 744 | 62.6% | 48.2% |
| Picayune Junior High School Picayune | 465 | 69.0% | 47.2% |
| Horn Lake Middle School Horn Lake | 948 | 71.0% | 38.9% |
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 Lake Cormorant Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #102 of 176 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #83 of 181 ▲ 3 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #93 of 181 ▲ 6 | #5 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 707 | #28 of 186 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #128 of 163 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #15 of 164 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #132 of 184 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #102 of 119 | N/A |
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
707
-51 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 707 | 46.3 | 15.3:1 | 69% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 49.4 | 14.4:1 | 74% (525) |
| 2022-23 | 764 | 49.9 | 15.3:1 | 100% (761) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 56 | 13.5:1 | 100% (755) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 49.1 | 15.4:1 | 78% (592) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 77% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 69% (483) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Cormorant Middle School.
About Lake Cormorant Middle School
Located in Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, Lake Cormorant Middle School is a large middle school. The school's 707 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Mississippi average about 452 students each.
DeSoto County School District is the district for Lake Cormorant Middle School. It has 39 schools and 34,934 students.
Enrollment at Lake Cormorant Middle School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 45%. The school is also 35% White, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 33% Black share among all DeSoto County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Lake Cormorant Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
The school reports 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.3 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 69% of students. It compares with 49% for public schools in DeSoto County.
Measured against Mississippi public middle schools, Lake Cormorant Middle School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lake Cormorant Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.8%. The school's actual rate is 45.0%, 14.8 points lower.
DeSoto County census figures show that median household income is about $85,297, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Cormorant Middle School is among the 43 public schools in DeSoto County.
Nearest public school: Lake Cormorant Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.2%; Lake Cormorant Middle School's is 45.0%, ranking 5th of 9.
The NCES locale for Lake Cormorant Middle School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Lake Cormorant Middle School saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.5:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
The Lake Cormorant Middle School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in Lake Cormorant
- Lake Cormorant High SchoolHigh · 991 students
- Lake Cormorant ElementaryElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Cormorant Elementary0.2 mi · 635
- Lake Cormorant High School0.6 mi · 991
- Walls Elementary School3.1 mi · 722
- Horn Lake Intermediate School6.9 mi · 914
- Horn Lake High School7.1 mi · 1,271
- Shadow Oaks Elementary School7.2 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Cormorant Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Cormorant Middle School?
Lake Cormorant Middle School enrolls approximately 707 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lake Cormorant Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Cormorant Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lake Cormorant Middle School have?
Lake Cormorant Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Lake Cormorant Middle School?
Lake Cormorant Middle School reports a student body of 35% White, 13% Hispanic, 45% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Cormorant Middle School?
Lake Cormorant Middle School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.