1
Enrollment
744
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DESOTO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280132000194
Olive Branch Middle School
6530 S. BLOCKER STREET, OLIVE BRANCH, MS 38654 · (662) 895-4610 · DeSoto County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
- C-Beats 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
16.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
466 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 240 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 34% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
36.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 58.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Olive Branch Middle School
Olive Branch Middle School's state test result (48.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Branch Middle School this school | 744 | 62.6% | 48.2% |
| Lake Cormorant Middle School Lake Cormorant | 707 | 68.9% | 45.0% |
| Pearl Jr High School PEARL | 944 | 70.9% | 51.0% |
| Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg | 1,160 | 61.0% | 58.3% |
| Tupelo Middle School Tupelo | 1,070 | 67.0% | 61.0% |
| Corinth Middle School CORINTH | 719 | 68.4% | 48.1% |
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 Olive Branch Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In DeSoto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #88 of 176 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #89 of 181 ▼ 15 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #102 of 181 ▼ 25 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #26 of 186 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #143 of 163 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #25 of 164 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #149 of 184 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #107 of 119 | N/A |
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
744
-63 (-8%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 744 | 44.3 | 16.8:1 | 63% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 47.5 | 15.0:1 | 61% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 726 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 100% (723) |
| 2020-21 | 807 | 55 | 14.7:1 | 100% (804) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 46.2 | 17.0:1 | 56% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 798 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 57% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 47% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 1,300 | 59 | 22.0:1 | 28% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 43 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olive Branch Middle School.
About Olive Branch Middle School
Olive Branch Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school in OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi, administered by DeSoto County School District. It had 744 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Mississippi average about 452 students, which makes this school 65% above average.
DeSoto County School District has 39 schools; together they serve 34,934 students.
The largest group at Olive Branch Middle School is Black students, at 53%. Smaller groups are 29% White, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of DeSoto County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
Its ratio of 16.8:1 is based on 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 13.7:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 63%. Across public schools in DeSoto County, the average is 49%.
Olive Branch Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Olive Branch Middle School is 14.7 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
The school is in DeSoto County, where the median household earns about $85,297 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across DeSoto County, 43 public schools serve about 34,934 students.
Olive Branch Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Olive Branch Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Olive Branch Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 807 in 2020-21 to 744 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.7:1 in 2020-21 to 16.8:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Olive Branch Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
DeSoto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
191,301
Census ACS
Median income
$85,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
34,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeSoto County School District
- DeSoto Central High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Southaven High SchoolHigh · 1,876 students
- Hernando High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- Southaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,423 students
- DeSoto Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,388 students
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
Other schools in OLIVE BRANCH
- Lewisburg High SchoolHigh · 1,330 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,079 students
- Center Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,059 students
- Olive Branch High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Center Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 788 students
- Center Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Olive Branch Elementary School0.2 mi · 504
- Chickasaw Elementary School0.2 mi · 500
- Olive Branch High School0.5 mi · 1,058
- Olive Branch Intermediate School1.2 mi · 472
- Highland Oaks Middle2.9 mi · 537
- Highland Oaks Elementary3.4 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About Olive Branch Middle SchoolHow many students attend Olive Branch Middle School?
Olive Branch Middle School enrolls approximately 744 students in grades 06-08.
Is Olive Branch Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Olive Branch Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Olive Branch Middle School have?
Olive Branch Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Olive Branch Middle School?
Olive Branch Middle School reports a student body of 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 53% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Olive Branch Middle School?
Olive Branch Middle School is overseen by DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County.
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