Enrollment
325
Middle
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 280159001134
Leakesville Jr. High
620 Main Street, Leakesville, MS 39451 · (601) 394-2495 · Greene County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% 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.
- ABeats 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
16.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
322 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 78 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Greene County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 60.8% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Leakesville Jr. High
Leakesville Jr. High's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leakesville Jr. High this school | 325 | 99.1% | 56.2% |
| Union Middle School Union | 286 | 99.0% | 65.0% |
| WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL Foxworth | 355 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Seminary Middle Seminary | 365 | 99.2% | 61.1% |
| South Pontotoc Middle School Pontotoc | 379 | 99.2% | 55.9% |
| Lake Middle School LAKE | 237 | 98.7% | 59.8% |
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 Leakesville Jr. High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #64 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #102 of 181 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #59 of 181 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #117 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #135 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.6% | #111 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #66 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #59 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
325
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 325 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 99% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 21.2 | 15.1:1 | 100% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 100% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 99% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 21.8 | 17.8:1 | 79% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 68% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 85% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 71% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leakesville Jr. High.
About Leakesville Jr. High
Leakesville Jr. High is a small middle school. Its address is in Leakesville, Mississippi. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 325 students. That is 28% below the average of about 452 students for middle schools in Mississippi.
Greene County Schools (5 schools, 1,621 students) runs Leakesville Jr. High.
Federal enrollment data show Leakesville Jr. High is 80% White. Other groups include 17% Black. The county population is about 71% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Classroom staffing at Leakesville Jr. High totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. Statewide, middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1. Federal data show 99% of students (322) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Greene County is similar, at 99%.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Leakesville Jr. High outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Leakesville Jr. High are 11.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (56.2% actual, 44.6% predicted).
In Greene County, the median household earns about $54,276 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Greene County, 6 public schools serve about 1,621 students.
Measured in a straight line, Leakesville Elem. School is about 1.7 miles from Leakesville Jr. High. The five-mile area around Leakesville Jr. High holds 2 other public schools. Leakesville Jr. High comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (333) and 2024-25 (325). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (13.3:1).
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Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,615
Census ACS
Median income
$54,276
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greene County Schools
- Greene County High SchoolHigh · 446 students
- Leakesville Elem. SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Sand Hill SchoolElementary · 267 students
- Mclain Attendance CenterElementary · 160 students
- GREENE COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECHNICALHigh
Other schools in Leakesville
- Greene County High SchoolHigh · 446 students
- Leakesville Elem. SchoolElementary · 423 students
- GREENE COUNTY VOCATIONAL TECHNICALHigh
Nearby schools
- Leakesville Elem. School1.7 mi · 423
- Greene County High School2.9 mi · 446
- Rocky Creek Elementary School14.0 mi · 402
- Fruitdale High School15.7 mi · 301
- Mclain Attendance Center16.4 mi · 160
- George County Middle School16.5 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Leakesville Jr. HighHow many students attend Leakesville Jr. High?
Leakesville Jr. High enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Leakesville Jr. High serve?
Leakesville Jr. High serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Leakesville Jr. High have?
Leakesville Jr. High employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Leakesville Jr. High?
Leakesville Jr. High reports a student body of 80% White, 1% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Leakesville Jr. High in?
Leakesville Jr. High is part of Greene County Schools.
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