Enrollment
178
Middle
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280318001179
N H Pilate Middle School
531 E. Church Street, Newton, MS 39345 · (601) 683-3926 · Newton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL178 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C+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
13.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
161 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 6 | 50 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 44% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 28% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 45.8% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 N H Pilate Middle School
N H Pilate Middle School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| N H Pilate Middle School this school | 178 | 90.4% | 39.6% |
| Holly Springs Junior High School Holly Springs | 145 | 91.0% | 29.4% |
| Holly Springs Intermediate School HOLLY SPRINGS | 228 | 97.4% | 40.8% |
| Port Gibson Middle School PORT GIBSON | 223 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| Bay Springs Middle School BAY SPRINGS | 181 | 96.7% | 44.8% |
| Williams-Sullivan Middle School Durant | 192 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
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 N H Pilate Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #118 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #115 of 181 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #144 of 181 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 178 | #172 of 186 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #90 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #38 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
178
-42 (-19%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 178 | 13.2 | 13.5:1 | 90% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 195 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 100% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 20.5 | 8.7:1 | 100% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 220 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 100% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 230 | 17.2 | 13.4:1 | 100% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 90% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 75% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for N H Pilate Middle School.
About N H Pilate Middle School
At 531 E. Church Street in Newton, Mississippi, N H Pilate Middle School operates as a very small middle-grades school. It reports enrollment of 178 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 61% below the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
In NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3 schools enroll a combined 782 students.
By race and ethnicity, N H Pilate Middle School is 88% Black. Other groups make up 6% multiracial and 3% White. That compares with about 32% Black among all Newton County residents. A diversity index of 22% means there is a 22% chance two randomly chosen students at N H Pilate Middle School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at N H Pilate Middle School totals 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at N H Pilate Middle School is about 90%. The average for public schools in Newton County is 75%.
N H Pilate Middle School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Mississippi public middle schools.
The model predicts 48.9% for a school in Mississippi with N H Pilate Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. N H Pilate Middle School posts 39.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Newton County show that median household income comes to about $50,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. The county's public schools total 12, with about 3,634 students.
N H Pilate Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Newton High School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of N H Pilate Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, N H Pilate Middle School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put N H Pilate Middle School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Enrollment decreased by 19% across 4 years, from 220 in 2020-21 to 178 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.2:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Newton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,093
Census ACS
Median income
$50,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,634 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Newton Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 237 students
- NEWTON MUNICIPAL CAREER CENTERHigh
Other schools in Newton
- Newton Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 237 students
- NEWTON MUNICIPAL CAREER CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Newton High School0.9 mi · 237
- Newton Elementary School1.0 mi · 367
- Newton County High School7.9 mi · 768
- Newton County Elementary School9.1 mi · 882
- Lake Elementary School10.3 mi · 333
- Lake High School10.4 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About N H Pilate Middle SchoolHow many students attend N H Pilate Middle School?
N H Pilate Middle School enrolls approximately 178 students in grades 06-08.
Is N H Pilate Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
N H Pilate Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does N H Pilate Middle School have?
N H Pilate Middle School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at N H Pilate Middle School?
At N H Pilate Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 1% Hispanic, 88% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is N H Pilate Middle School public or private?
N H Pilate Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEWTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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