Northwest Middle School

Northwest Middle School is a 6-8 campus of compact scale in Jackson, Mississippi, one of the schools within Jackson Public Schools, serveing 242 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 452 students.

Northwest Middle School is one of 35 schools operated by Jackson Public Schools, a district that hosts 16,870 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwest Middle School logs that nearly all students (95%) are Black; the rest comes out to 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 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, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Hinds County's rate of about 88%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northwest Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.1%; Northwest Middle School posts 71.1%, +27.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, Hinds County reports that median household earnings sit near $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hinds County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,870 students), of which Northwest Middle School is one.

Bailey APAC Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest Middle School has edged down 38%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 242 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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