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Enrollment
762
Middle
DISTRICT 1,043 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL RIVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280354001069
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH
7391 HWY 11, CARRIERE, MS 39426 · (601) 798-5654 · Pearl River County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL762 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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
16.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
463 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 222 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 283 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 34% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH→PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within Pearl River County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 58.8% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH this school | 762 | 60.8% | 50.5% |
| Petal Middle School PETAL | 645 | 60.0% | 70.7% |
| George County Middle School LUCEDALE | 618 | 67.3% | 47.9% |
| Vancleave Middle School Vancleave | 562 | 55.3% | 73.1% |
| Stone Middle School Wiggins | 575 | 59.5% | 65.5% |
| Hancock Middle School Kiln | 884 | 69.0% | 61.1% |
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 PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #78 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #61 of 181 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #97 of 181 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 762 | #23 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #138 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.5% | #124 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.8% | #152 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #104 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
762
-69 (-8%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 683
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 762 | 46.3 | 16.4:1 | 61% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 51.5 | 15.1:1 | 61% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 51.2 | 15.1:1 | 100% (769) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 48 | 17.3:1 | 100% (831) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 66% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 68% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 66% (480) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 21 | 20.4:1 | 54% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 683 | 28 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH.
About PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH
This page covers PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH, a large middle school in CARRIERE, Mississippi. It teaches 762 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 69% more students than the average for middle schools in Mississippi (about 452).
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH belongs to Pearl River County School District, a district of 3 schools and 3,128 students.
At PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH, 84% of students are White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
A staff of 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.4:1. Middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here. PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH counts 61% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Mississippi public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH is 13.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 50.5%. Predicted: 63.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Pearl River County show that the median household earns about $58,135 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Pearl River County has 20 public schools with about 8,456 students, including PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH.
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Local comparison: PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 50.5% versus a 59.6% average.
NCES assigns PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 762, compared with 831 in 2020-21.
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Pearl River County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pearl River County School District
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL ELEMENTARElementary · 1,414 students
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 952 students
- CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONHigh
Other schools in CARRIERE
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL ELEMENTARElementary · 1,414 students
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 952 students
- CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONHigh
Nearby schools
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 952
- PEARL RIVER CENTRAL ELEMENTAR2.8 mi · 1,414
- Roseland Park Elementary6.1 mi · 370
- Picayune Memorial High School6.8 mi · 940
- Picayune Junior High School6.9 mi · 465
- West Side Elementary7.1 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGHHow many students attend PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH?
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH enrolls approximately 762 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH serve?
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH.
How diverse is PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH?
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH reports a student body of 84% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH in?
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH is part of Pearl River County School District.
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