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Enrollment
520
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280243000568
Northeast Middle School
7763 Highway 39 North, Meridian, MS 39305 · (601) 483-3532 · Lauderdale County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Mississippi public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
372 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 5 | 129 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 119 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 27% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
42.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 38.8% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Northeast Middle School
Northeast Middle School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Middle School this school | 520 | 71.5% | 48.0% |
| Kosciusko Jr High School KOSCIUSKO | 472 | 77.3% | 53.4% |
| Armstrong Junior High School Starkville | 358 | 66.8% | 51.6% |
| Orange Grove Elementary Gulfport | 346 | 74.9% | 66.0% |
| Milam Elementary School Tupelo | 456 | 66.7% | 55.2% |
| Lipsey Middle School BROOKHAVEN | 341 | 77.4% | 45.9% |
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 Northeast Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #90 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #107 of 181 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #88 of 181 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #55 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #33 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #48 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #119 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #39 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
520
-58 (-10%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 520 | 43.6 | 11.9:1 | 72% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 43.5 | 12.4:1 | 64% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 40.7 | 13.9:1 | 99% (562) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 99% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 47.1 | 14.2:1 | 65% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 46 | 14.9:1 | 65% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 65% (455) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 42% (315) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northeast Middle School.
About Northeast Middle School
Northeast Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Meridian, Mississippi, (ZIP code 39305). Its grade span covers grades 5 through 8, with 520 students on the rolls.
The Lauderdale County School District system has 11 schools and 5,940 students.
More than half of the students at Northeast Middle School are Black (59%). The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Lauderdale County's population at about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northeast Middle School scores 57%.
With 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1. Middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1, 1.8 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 72% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Northeast Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Northeast Middle School would be expected to post about 58.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.0%.
Census data for Lauderdale County show median household income comes to about $50,817, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. There are 24 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,325, Northeast Middle School among them.
Northeast Elementary School is the nearest public school to Northeast Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Northeast Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Northeast Middle School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Northeast Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.9:1, from 14.1:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Northeast Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lauderdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,504
Census ACS
Median income
$50,817
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,325 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lauderdale County School District
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- West Lauderdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- West Lauderdale High SchoolHigh · 535 students
Other schools in Meridian
- Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other Northeast Middle schools
12 other US public schools in 10 states are named Northeast Middle. Northeast Middle School is the 12th largest of the 13.
- Northeast MiddleClarksville, TN · 1,074 students
- Northeast MiddlePasadena, MD · 901 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolReading, PA · 868 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLECREVE COEUR, MO · 812 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolJackson, TN · 804 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Elementary School1.0 mi · 730
- Northeast High School2.3 mi · 608
- Poplar Springs Elementary3.8 mi · 405
- Meridian High School4.3 mi · 1,253
- Parkview Elementary4.5 mi · 364
- Magnolia Middle School4.5 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Northeast Middle SchoolHow many students attend Northeast Middle School?
Northeast Middle School enrolls approximately 520 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Northeast Middle School serve?
Northeast Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northeast Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northeast Middle School is approximately 11.9:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northeast Middle School?
At Northeast Middle School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 5% Hispanic, 59% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Northeast Middle School in?
Northeast Middle School is part of Lauderdale County School District.
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