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Enrollment
305
Middle
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MS ACHIEVEMENT SD OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY·NCES 280204001039
O.M. McNair Middle School
910 Church Street, Belzoni, MS 39038 · (662) 247-6060 · Humphreys County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
305 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 5 | 70 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 79 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 31% |
Student demographics
49%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 MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
15.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 15.5% |
| 2023-24 | 14.6% | 18.7% |
% 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
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% 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 O.M. McNair Middle School
O.M. McNair Middle School's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| O.M. McNair Middle School this school | 305 | 100.0% | 21.9% |
| Jeff Davis County Middle School Prentiss | 262 | 98.9% | 41.3% |
| W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International Studies CLARKSDALE | 269 | 97.0% | 18.9% |
| T.L. Weston Middle School Greenville | 412 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| B F Liddell Middle Macon | 305 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| Coleman Middle School Greenville | 287 | 100.0% | 19.7% |
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 O.M. McNair Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #167 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #171 of 181 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #173 of 181 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #127 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #75 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #77 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #22 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.9% | #19 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
305
-221 (-42%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 305 | 23.3 | 13.1:1 | 100% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 21.9 | 15.0:1 | 100% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 22.5 | 18.4:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 100% (526) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 20.2 | 23.5:1 | 100% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 24 | 18.8:1 | 100% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 16 | 25.3:1 | 96% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 96% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 705 | 37 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for O.M. McNair Middle School.
About O.M. McNair Middle School
O.M. McNair Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Belzoni, Mississippi. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 305 students enrolled. Middle schools in Mississippi have about 452 students on average; enrollment here is 33% lower.
MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys County is the district for O.M. McNair Middle School. It has 3 schools and 1,130 students.
The student body at O.M. McNair Middle School is 59% multiracial. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
O.M. McNair Middle School reports a ratio of 13.1 students per teacher, from 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at O.M. McNair Middle School, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Humphreys County is similar, at 100%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, O.M. McNair Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Mississippi. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.9%, against a prediction of 44.1%.
Humphreys County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $33,731, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 21% of people live in poverty. Humphreys County's 4 public schools enroll about 1,130 students and include O.M. McNair Middle School.
About 0.1 miles separate O.M. McNair Middle School from the closest public school, Ida Greene Elementary School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, O.M. McNair Middle School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
O.M. McNair Middle School had 526 students in 2020-21 and 305 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 13.1:1 over the same years.
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Humphreys County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,395
Census ACS
Median income
$33,731
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,130 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys County
- Humphreys County High SchoolHigh · 427 students
- Ida Greene Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- HUMPHREYS CO VOC CENTERHigh
Other schools in Belzoni
- Humphreys County High SchoolHigh · 427 students
- Ida Greene Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
- HUMPHREYS CO VOC CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Ida Greene Elementary School0.1 mi · 398
- Humphreys County High School0.3 mi · 427
- S.V. Marshall Elementary School17.6 mi · 214
- S.V. Marshall Middle School17.6 mi · 321
- Rosser Early Learning Center17.8 mi · 79
- Moorhead Central School18.2 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About O.M. McNair Middle SchoolHow many students attend O.M. McNair Middle School?
O.M. McNair Middle School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does O.M. McNair Middle School serve?
O.M. McNair Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at O.M. McNair Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at O.M. McNair Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at O.M. McNair Middle School?
At O.M. McNair Middle School, the student body is approximately 0% Hispanic, 40% Black, 59% Two or more.
What district is O.M. McNair Middle School in?
O.M. McNair Middle School is part of MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys County.
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