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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the NORTHWEST RANKIN MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,352
Middle
DISTRICT 1,021 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANKIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280383000955
Northwest Middle School
5805 Hwy 25, Flowood, MS 39232 · (601) 992-1329 · Rankin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,352 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A-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
12.2:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
517 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 6 | 412 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 466 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 474 | 35% |
Student demographics
61%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
56.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 down about 7 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 72.2% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Northwest Middle School
Northwest Middle School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Middle School this school | 1,352 | 38.2% | 63.9% |
| Ocean Springs Upper Elementary Ocean Springs | 1,284 | 38.2% | 78.3% |
| Ocean Springs Middle School Ocean Springs | 899 | 39.4% | 74.4% |
| DeSoto Central Middle School Southaven | 1,388 | 41.9% | 68.1% |
| Germantown Middle Madison | 1,008 | 28.6% | 70.8% |
| Center Hill Middle School Olive Branch | 757 | 46.6% | 65.8% |
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 Northwest Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #37 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #34 of 181 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #28 of 181 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,352 | #3 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #40 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #27 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #178 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.3% | #5 of 34 |
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
1,352
+344 (+34%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,327
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 1,352 | 110.4 | 12.2:1 | 38% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 1,375 | 105.9 | 13.0:1 | 36% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 1,374 | 105.7 | 13.0:1 | 100% (1,371) |
| 2020-21 | 1,008 | 91 | 11.1:1 | 100% (1,005) |
| 2017-18 | 957 | 81 | 11.8:1 | 30% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 862 | 80 | 10.8:1 | 30% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 1,354 | 105 | 12.9:1 | 26% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 1,327 | 75 | 17.7:1 | 33% (442) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Middle School.
About Northwest Middle School
Located in Flowood, Mississippi, Northwest Middle School is a large middle school. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,352 students. By comparison, middle schools in Mississippi enroll about 452 students on average.
Northwest Middle School is one of the 27 schools that make up Rankin County School District (18,196 students in total).
White students are 52% of those enrolled at Northwest Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 33% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Rankin County's population at about 71%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Teacher count: 110.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.2:1. The average for middle schools in Mississippi, 13.7:1, is higher. Roughly 38% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rankin County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Northwest Middle School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Mississippi public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Northwest Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.9%; the prediction is 75.2%.
For the population of Rankin County, the median household earns about $79,357 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Rankin County, 34 public schools serve about 22,454 students.
Of the public schools around it, Northwest Middle School is closest to Northwest Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Northwest Middle School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Northwest Middle School ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.9% against a local average of 73.6%.
For locale, NCES codes Northwest Middle School as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,352, up from 1,008 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.
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Rankin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,854
Census ACS
Median income
$79,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,454 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rankin County School District
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Brandon High SchoolHigh · 1,609 students
- Brandon Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,155 students
- Rouse ElementaryElementary · 798 students
- Brandon ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- StoneBridge ElementaryElementary · 742 students
Other schools in Flowood
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 1,855 students
- Northwest ElementaryElementary · 477 students
- Flowood ElementaryElementary · 458 students
Other Northwest Middle schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Northwest Middle. Northwest Middle School is the largest of the 14.
- Northwest Middle SchoolMeridian, MS · 484 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolJackson, MS · 242 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolCoralville, IA · 1,113 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolReading, PA · 821 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolKnoxville, TN · 798 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Elementary0.2 mi · 477
- Northwest High School0.4 mi · 1,855
- Highland Bluff Elementary1.0 mi · 491
- Oakdale Elementary2.3 mi · 566
- Northshore Elementary3.1 mi · 539
- Flowood Elementary3.7 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Northwest Middle School?
Northwest Middle School enrolls approximately 1,352 students in grades 06-08.
Is Northwest Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Northwest Middle School have?
Northwest Middle School employs 110 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwest Middle School?
Student demographics at Northwest Middle School are roughly 52% White, 5% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Northwest Middle School in?
Northwest Middle School is part of Rankin County School District.
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