N R Burger Middle

N R Burger Middle, a mid-sized 6-8 campus in HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, part of Hattiesburg, works with 525 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Within Hattiesburg, which oversees 8 schools and 3,918 students, N R Burger Middle is one campus in the system.

Demographically, N R Burger Middle records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). The remainder breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Forrest County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Forrest County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Forrest County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,640 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. N R Burger Middle is one of 21 public schools in Forrest County (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students).

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

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 525 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 94% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.