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What's something LEAKE CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
383
Middle
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280252001119
Leake Central Junior High School
801 MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, CARTHAGE, MS 39051 · (601) 267-8909 · Leake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Mississippi public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
383 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 125 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 33% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Leake County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.4% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 45.7% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Leake Central Junior High School
Leake Central Junior High School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leake Central Junior High School this school | 383 | 100.0% | 36.7% |
| Huey L Porter Middle Canton | 356 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| Nichols Middle School Canton | 362 | 100.0% | 30.3% |
| Byhalia Middle School Byhalia | 438 | 99.3% | 35.9% |
| Hazlehurst Middle School HAZLEHURST | 292 | 99.7% | 42.7% |
| Laurel Middle School Laurel | 388 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
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 Leake Central Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #127 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #124 of 181 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #120 of 181 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #89 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #102 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #33 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #32 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #42 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
383
-109 (-22%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 383 | 27.4 | 14.0:1 | 100% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 26.4 | 14.5:1 | 100% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 26.4 | 15.7:1 | 100% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 99% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 29.5 | 16.5:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 91% (433) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 86% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 75% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 29 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leake Central Junior High School.
About Leake Central Junior High School
Leake Central Junior High School is a small middle school with an address in CARTHAGE, Mississippi. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 383 students in grades 6 through 8.
Leake Central Junior High School is one of 5 schools in Leake County School District, which enrolls 2,408 students in total.
At 58%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Leake Central Junior High School combined. It is also 24% Hispanic, 14% White, and 3% multiracial. Leake County's residents are about 39% Black, 19 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Leake Central Junior High School comes in at 58%.
Leake Central Junior High School counts 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.0 students for each one. Middle schools in Mississippi average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Leake County, the average is about the same, 100%.
Measured against Mississippi public middle schools, Leake Central Junior High 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.
Schools in Mississippi with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.1%. Leake Central Junior High School scores 36.7%.
Federal survey data for Leake County show that median household income is about $50,728, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. A total of 8 public schools operate in Leake County, serving about 2,644 students.
The closest public school to Leake Central Junior High School is Leake Central Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Leake Central Junior High School comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 383 was 22% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 492. Students per teacher fell from 17.0 in 2020-21 to 14.0 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Leake Central Junior High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Leake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,319
Census ACS
Median income
$50,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,644 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Leake County School District
- Leake Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 850 students
- Leake Central High SchoolHigh · 592 students
- Leake County Elementary SchoolElementary · 317 students
- Leake County High SchoolHigh · 266 students
- LEAKE CO CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Other schools in CARTHAGE
- Leake Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 850 students
- Leake Central High SchoolHigh · 592 students
- Standing Pine Elementary SchoolElementary · 119 students
- Red Water Elementary SchoolElementary · 117 students
- LEAKE CO CAREER & TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Leake Central Elementary School0.8 mi · 850
- Leake Central High School1.4 mi · 592
- Red Water Elementary School3.3 mi · 117
- Standing Pine Elementary School7.2 mi · 119
- Leake County Elementary School10.1 mi · 317
- Leake County High School11.2 mi · 266
Frequently asked questions
About Leake Central Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leake Central Junior High School?
Leake Central Junior High School enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 06-08.
Is Leake Central Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Leake Central Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Leake Central Junior High School have?
Leake Central Junior High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leake Central Junior High School?
At Leake Central Junior High School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 24% Hispanic, 58% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Leake Central Junior High School public or private?
Leake Central Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Leake County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.