Enrollment
197
Middle
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSDALE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280105000123
Oakhurst Intermediate School
120 West Second Street, CLARKSDALE, MS 38614 · (662) 627-8560 · Coahoma County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C-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
16.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
190 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 102 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 48% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clarksdale Municipal School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 36.8% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Oakhurst Intermediate School
Oakhurst Intermediate School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhurst Intermediate School this school | 197 | 96.4% | 33.4% |
| Coahoma County Jr High School CLARKSDALE | 172 | 95.9% | N/A |
| Kemper County Middle School DEKALB | 191 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Charleston Middle School CHARLESTON | 208 | 98.6% | 28.1% |
| Bay Springs Middle School BAY SPRINGS | 181 | 96.7% | 44.8% |
| North Panola Middle School Como | 243 | 98.8% | 26.1% |
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 Oakhurst Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #140 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #137 of 181 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #125 of 181 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #166 of 186 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #85 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.7% | #5 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
197
-97 (-33%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 197 | 12.2 | 16.1:1 | 96% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 205 | 14.4 | 14.3:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 17.6 | 17.4:1 | 100% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 100% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 22.5 | 17.4:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 94% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 81% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 27 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakhurst Intermediate School.
About Oakhurst Intermediate School
Oakhurst Intermediate School is a small middle school in Clarksdale Municipal School District, located in CLARKSDALE, Mississippi. It reports enrollment of 197 students in grades 5 through 6. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 452.
Oakhurst Intermediate School is one school in Clarksdale Municipal School District, a system of 7 schools with 1,857 students.
Black students are 71% of those enrolled at Oakhurst Intermediate School. Next come 26% multiracial. That is in line with Coahoma County, where about 74% of residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 42%.
Oakhurst Intermediate School reported 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.1:1. Middle schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 13.7:1. Roughly 96% of students at Oakhurst Intermediate School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Coahoma County.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Oakhurst Intermediate School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Oakhurst Intermediate School is 12.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (33.4% versus 45.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
Looking at the county, Coahoma County, the median household earns about $37,461 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 31% of residents are in poverty. Coahoma County has 15 public schools with about 3,518 students, including Oakhurst Intermediate School.
Oakhurst Intermediate School's closest public school neighbor is J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Oakhurst Intermediate School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Oakhurst Intermediate School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Oakhurst Intermediate School's location as Town: Remote.
The school shrank from 294 students in 2020-21 to 197 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.7:1 to 16.1:1.
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Coahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,540
Census ACS
Median income
$37,461
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarksdale Municipal School District
- Clarksdale High SchoolHigh · 473 students
- George H. Oliver Visual/Performing Arts Magnet SchoolElementary · 299 students
- W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International StudiesMiddle · 269 students
- Kirkpatrick Health And Wellness Magnet SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Booker T. Washington International Studies Magnet SchoolElementary · 247 students
- J.W. Stampley 9th Grade AcademyHigh · 106 students
Other schools in CLARKSDALE
- Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter SchoolElementary · 652 students
- Clarksdale High SchoolHigh · 473 students
- Coahoma County High SchoolHigh · 345 students
- George H. Oliver Visual/Performing Arts Magnet SchoolElementary · 299 students
- W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International StudiesMiddle · 269 students
- Kirkpatrick Health And Wellness Magnet SchoolElementary · 266 students
Nearby schools
- J.W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy0.6 mi · 106
- Clarksdale High School0.7 mi · 473
- Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School1.2 mi · 652
- Booker T. Washington International Studies Magnet School1.2 mi · 247
- Kirkpatrick Health And Wellness Magnet School1.2 mi · 266
- W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International Studies1.4 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Oakhurst Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Oakhurst Intermediate School?
Oakhurst Intermediate School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades 05-06.
Is Oakhurst Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakhurst Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does Oakhurst Intermediate School have?
Oakhurst Intermediate School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakhurst Intermediate School?
At Oakhurst Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 71% Black, 26% Two or more.
Is Oakhurst Intermediate School public or private?
Oakhurst Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clarksdale Municipal School District.
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