North Pike Junior High

North Pike Junior High, a low-enrollment middle school in Summit, Mississippi, one of the schools within North Pike Schools, instructs 350 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so North Pike Junior High sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

North Pike Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,135 students; North Pike Junior High is among them.

On the student-mix side, North Pike Junior High reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 43% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, North Pike Junior High has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Pike County's rate of about 91%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Pike County indicate the typical household earns roughly $43,814 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pike County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,717 students), North Pike Junior High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Pike Elementary School, around 6.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Pike Junior High has decreased 55%, going from 784 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 64% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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