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Nichols Middle School

529 North Mace Street, Canton, MS 39046 · (601) 859-3741 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Mississippi public middle schools
  • DTest 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

Enrollment
362
Middle
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 452
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
362 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 69526%
Grade 713236%
Grade 813537%
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 40% · US 43%
Hispanic
6217%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 7% · US 30%
Black
28579%
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 45% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
123%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
16245%
Female
20055%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Nichols Middle School→Canton High School
Based on grade levels within Canton Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
25.3%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

MAAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2525.3%27.8%
2023-2421.9%25.5%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Nichols Middle School

Nichols Middle School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Nichols Middle School this school362100.0%30.3%
Huey L Porter Middle
Canton
356100.0%44.8%
Laurel Middle School
Laurel
388100.0%30.6%
Hazlehurst Middle School
HAZLEHURST
29299.7%42.7%
Laurel Upper Elementary
Laurel
253100.0%22.3%
Peeples Middle School
Jackson
541100.0%11.7%
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 Nichols Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MississippiIn Madison County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
30.3%#154 of 176#6 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
27.8%#150 of 181
▲ 15
#6 of 6
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
25.3%#140 of 181
▲ 12
#6 of 6
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
362#98 of 186#4 of 6
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.9:1#63 of 163N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
35.0%#106 of 164N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#13 of 184#1 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.0%#31 of 34N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
362
-44 (-11%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 1,216
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253622812.9:1100% (362)
2023-2438826.214.8:1100% (388)
2022-2339625.415.6:1100% (396)
2020-214063113.1:1100% (406)
2017-1835525.214.1:1100% (355)
2015-163692713.7:1100% (369)
2010-117575713.3:197% (737)
2000-011,1124823.2:190% (999)
1990-911,2165322.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nichols Middle School.

About Nichols Middle School

Nichols Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school based in Canton, Mississippi. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 362 students enrolled.

Across its 8 schools, Canton Public Schools enrolls 3,419 students. Nichols Middle School is one of those schools.

Black students are 79% of those enrolled at Nichols Middle School. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Madison County's population at about 37%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.

Nichols Middle School reported 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.9:1. Middle schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 13.7:1. Roughly 100% of students at Nichols Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Madison County average 52%.

Among Mississippi public middle schools, Nichols Middle School outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.

On BeatsExpectations, Nichols Middle School is 13.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Madison County show that the median household earns about $83,441 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 50%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Madison County, 34 public schools serve about 16,432 students.

The closest school to Nichols Middle School is McNeal Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. Nichols Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nichols Middle School's average proficiency of 30.3% compares with 47.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.

The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 362, compared with 406 in 2020-21.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Nichols Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.

Madison County at a glance

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Population
111,647
Census ACS
Median income
$83,441
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
16,432 students

Quick facts

School name
Nichols Middle School
District
Canton Public Schools
Address
529 North Mace Street, Canton, MS 39046
Phone
(601) 859-3741
County
Madison County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
362
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
12.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
362 (100%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
280090000103
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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One other US public school is named Nichols Middle. Nichols Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Nichols Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Nichols Middle School?
Nichols Middle School enrolls approximately 362 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Nichols Middle School serve?
Nichols Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Nichols Middle School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Nichols Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Nichols Middle School?
Student demographics at Nichols Middle School are roughly 1% White, 17% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Nichols Middle School in?
Nichols Middle School is part of Canton Public Schools.
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