Enrollment
541
Middle
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 280219000405
Peeples Middle School
2940 Belvedere Drive, Jackson, MS 39212 · (601) 346-5660 · Hinds County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Mississippi public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
11.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
541 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 144 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 177 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 220 | 41% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
11.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
7.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.9% | 7.0% |
| 2023-24 | 8.5% | 11.6% |
% 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-32.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Peeples Middle School
Peeples Middle School's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peeples Middle School this school | 541 | 100.0% | 11.7% |
| N R Burger Middle HATTIESBURG | 525 | 100.0% | 50.2% |
| Laurel Middle School Laurel | 388 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Gulfport Central Middle Gulfport | 568 | 99.8% | 47.0% |
| Nichols Middle School Canton | 362 | 100.0% | 30.3% |
| Kirksey Middle School Jackson | 389 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
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 Peeples Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #176 of 176 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #181 of 181 ▼ 1 | #15 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #180 of 181 no change | #14 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #47 of 186 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #27 of 163 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #123 of 164 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #24 of 184 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.6% | #6 of 34 | #4 of 7 |
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
541
+191 (+55%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 541 | 46.6 | 11.6:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 27.3 | 10.0:1 | 100% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 35.7 | 8.4:1 | 100% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 36 | 9.7:1 | 100% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 30.3 | 13.2:1 | 100% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 92% (603) |
| 2000-01 | 851 | 55 | 15.5:1 | 81% (691) |
| 1990-91 | 650 | 36 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peeples Middle School.
About Peeples Middle School
Peeples Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Jackson, Mississippi. It serves 541 students in grades 6 through 8.
Jackson Public Schools has a total of 45 schools and 19,765 students, Peeples Middle School among them.
The student body at Peeples Middle School is 83% Black. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic. County-wide, 72% of Hinds County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 46.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.6:1. That is 2.1 students per teacher below the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Peeples Middle School is 100%. That is higher than the 88% average for public schools in Hinds County.
allk12 grades Peeples Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Peeples Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Mississippi. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 11.7%, against a prediction of 44.1%.
Across Hinds County, the median household income is $49,402, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Hinds County is home to 84 public schools and about 32,870 public school students.
The closest public school to Peeples Middle School is Key Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Peeples Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Peeples Middle School comes in 5th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment figures are 350 for 2020-21 and 541 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.7:1 in 2020-21, and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
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- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Other schools in Jackson
- Murrah High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Forest Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,139 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 994 students
- Jim Hill High SchoolHigh · 975 students
- Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Provine High SchoolHigh · 791 students
Nearby schools
- Key Elementary School0.3 mi · 259
- Reimagine Prep0.3 mi · 457
- WHITTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 301
- LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 168
- SYKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 320
- MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Peeples Middle SchoolHow large is Peeples Middle School?
Peeples Middle School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades 06-08.
Is Peeples Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Peeples Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Peeples Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Peeples Middle School.
How diverse is Peeples Middle School?
Peeples Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 83% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Peeples Middle School?
Peeples Middle School is overseen by Jackson Public Schools in Hinds County.
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