Nettleton Junior High

Nettleton, Mississippi, is home to Nettleton Junior High, a low-enrollment middle school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 243 students on the rolls. On average, middle schools in Mississippi enroll around 452, and this school is 46% below that mark.

Enrollment across the 4 schools in Nettleton School District totals 994 students.

More than half of the students at Nettleton Junior High are White (59%). Next come 24% Black, 14% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.

There are 18 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. Of all students at Nettleton Junior High, 81% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lee County is 66%.

After accounting for student poverty, Nettleton Junior High is in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.7% is 15.1 points below the 53.8% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.

American Community Survey estimates for Lee County show that the median household earns about $67,863 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Lee County has 34 public schools with about 14,808 students, including Nettleton Junior High.

Nettleton Junior High is less than a tenth of a mile from Nettleton Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Nettleton Junior High is 5th of 9 on proficiency.

Nettleton Junior High is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.

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