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Enrollment
944
Middle
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280352001354
Pearl Jr High School
200 MARY ANN DRIVE, PEARL, MS 39208 · (601) 932-7952 · Rankin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL944 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Mississippi public middle schools
- BTest 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
13.1:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
669 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 306 | 32% |
Student demographics
63%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pearl Jr High School→Pearl High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pearl Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
43.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
MS avg 52.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 53.5% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Pearl Jr High School
Pearl Jr High School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Jr High School this school | 944 | 70.9% | 51.0% |
| Lake Cormorant Middle School Lake Cormorant | 707 | 68.9% | 45.0% |
| Corinth Middle School CORINTH | 719 | 68.4% | 48.1% |
| Olive Branch Middle School OLIVE BRANCH | 744 | 62.6% | 48.2% |
| West Harrison Middle Gulfport | 650 | 72.8% | 64.3% |
| Picayune Junior High School Picayune | 465 | 69.0% | 47.2% |
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 Pearl Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #77 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #70 of 181 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #74 of 181 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 944 | #14 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #74 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #23 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #123 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #27 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
944
-114 (-11%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 902
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 944 | 72.4 | 13.1:1 | 71% (669) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 67 | 14.2:1 | 68% (645) |
| 2022-23 | 1,001 | 69.1 | 14.5:1 | 100% (998) |
| 2020-21 | 1,058 | 71 | 14.9:1 | 100% (1,055) |
| 2017-18 | 913 | 59 | 15.5:1 | 67% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 949 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 66% (628) |
| 2010-11 | 902 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 64% (574) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearl Jr High School.
About Pearl Jr High School
Pearl Jr High School serves students in PEARL, Mississippi, as a large middle school. Enrollment stands at 944 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 109% more students than the average for middle schools in Mississippi (about 452).
In Pearl Public Schools, 5 schools enroll a combined 4,258 students.
At Pearl Jr High School, White students make up the biggest share, 43%. Other groups include 40% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Rankin County residents are about 71% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Pearl Jr High School, there are about 13.1 students; the school has 72.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. There are 669 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 71% of enrollment. Across public schools in Rankin County, the average is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pearl Jr High School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Pearl Jr High School is 7.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.0% versus 58.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
In the surrounding county, Rankin County, the median household earns about $79,357 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Pearl Jr High School, Rankin County has 34 public schools.
Pearl Lower Elementary sits about 0.2 miles from Pearl Jr High School. Pearl Jr High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 51.0% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Pearl Jr High School enrolled 1,058 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 944. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.1:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
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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 Pearl Public Schools
- Pearl High SchoolHigh · 1,278 students
- Pearl Lower ElementaryElementary · 763 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Pearl Upper SchoolElementary · 608 students
Other schools in PEARL
- Pearl High SchoolHigh · 1,278 students
- Pearl Lower ElementaryElementary · 763 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Pearl Upper SchoolElementary · 608 students
Nearby schools
- Pearl Lower Elementary0.2 mi · 763
- Pearl Upper School0.7 mi · 608
- Pearl High School1.0 mi · 1,278
- Northside Elementary1.2 mi · 665
- Rouse Elementary4.3 mi · 798
- Barack Obama Elementary School4.7 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About Pearl Jr High SchoolHow many students attend Pearl Jr High School?
Pearl Jr High School enrolls approximately 944 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pearl Jr High School serve?
Pearl Jr High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pearl Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pearl Jr High School is approximately 13.1:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pearl Jr High School?
At Pearl Jr High School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 12% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pearl Jr High School in?
Pearl Jr High School is part of Pearl Public Schools.
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