Olive Branch Middle School

Olive Branch Middle School is one of the roomy junior highs in OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi, run under DeSoto County School District, with 744 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 452.

DeSoto County School District comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 34,934 students; Olive Branch Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Olive Branch Middle School lists that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, DeSoto County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Olive Branch Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at Olive Branch Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, DeSoto County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for DeSoto County shows median household income runs about $85,297, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Olive Branch Middle School is one of 43 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 34,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Olive Branch Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 785 students in 2018 compared to 744 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 48% to 29% over that span.

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