Magnolia Middle School

Magnolia Middle School is one of the moderately sized middle schools in Meridian, Mississippi, operated by Meridian Public Schools, with 440 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Meridian Public Schools comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,385 students; Magnolia Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Magnolia Middle School lists that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Magnolia Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Lauderdale County's rate of about 75%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lauderdale County put the typical household earns roughly $50,817 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Lauderdale County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,325 students), Magnolia Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Parkview Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 44%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.