Midtown Public Charter School

Midtown Public Charter School is a mid-sized middle-grades school with its address in Jackson, Mississippi. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 420 students.

Midtown Public Charter School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

Midtown Public Charter School is 96% Black by enrollment. Next come 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 72% Black among all Hinds County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 8%.

Midtown Public Charter School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Mississippi is similar, at 13.7:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at Midtown Public Charter School. Public schools in Hinds County average 88%.

Midtown Public Charter School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Mississippi public middle schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.1% for Midtown Public Charter School. The school posts 30.9%, 13.2 points below the prediction.

The county, Hinds County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $49,402, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county's public schools total 84, with about 32,870 students.

Of the public schools around it, Midtown Public Charter School is closest to McWillie Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Midtown Public Charter School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.1% on proficiency, and Midtown Public Charter School is below that at 30.9%.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Midtown Public Charter School is one of the charter schools in Mississippi.

Enrollment was 242 in 2020-21 and 420 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.7:1 to 13.6:1.

The allk12 page for Midtown Public Charter School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.