Mooreville Middle School

Mooreville Middle School is a modestly sized intermediate school in MOOREVILLE, Mississippi, operated by Lee County. The school enrolls 333 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so Mooreville Middle School sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Lee County runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,343 students. Mooreville Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mooreville Middle School shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mooreville Middle School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Mooreville Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Lee County reports that median household income runs about $67,863, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Lee County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students), Mooreville Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mooreville High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Mooreville Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.