Enrollment
265
Middle
DISTRICT 278 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUITMAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280381000734
Quitman County Middle School
450 HUMPHREY AVE, MARKS, MS 38646 · (662) 326-3535 · Quitman County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
25.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
265 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 5 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 71 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 73 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
Quitman County Middle School→Madison Palmer High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Quitman County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 | 26.0% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 27.9% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Quitman County Middle School
Quitman County Middle School's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quitman County Middle School this school | 265 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
| Carver Elementary Indianola | 250 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
| Belle-Shivers Middle School Aberdeen | 266 | 100.0% | 36.6% |
| Jefferson County Middle School Fayette | 240 | 98.8% | 29.4% |
| Greenwood Middle School Greenwood | 278 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| Blackburn Middle School Jackson | 317 | 99.7% | 16.0% |
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 Quitman County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #139 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #160 of 181 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #137 of 181 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #140 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.9:1 | #162 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #152 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #43 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #97 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
265
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
25.9:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 265 | 10.2 | 25.9:1 | 100% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 17.9 | 14.4:1 | 100% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 20.9 | 13.0:1 | 100% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 36 | 7.5:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 27.3 | 10.5:1 | 100% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 100% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 97% (564) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quitman County Middle School.
About Quitman County Middle School
A small middle school in MARKS, Mississippi, Quitman County Middle School is part of Quitman County School District. Enrollment stands at 265 students, covering grades 5 through 8. The school is 41% below the average for middle schools in Mississippi.
Quitman County School District oversees Quitman County Middle School and 2 other schools, with 835 students in total.
Black students account for 95% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial and 2% White. Among all residents of Quitman County, the Black share is about 74%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 10%.
Quitman County Middle School reports a ratio of 25.9 students per teacher, from 10.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Quitman County.
Quitman County Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Schools in Mississippi with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.1%. Quitman County Middle School scores 34.2%.
In Quitman County, median household income comes to about $32,412, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 25%. Quitman County counts 4 public schools with about 835 students.
Quitman County Middle School is about 0.9 miles from Madison Palmer High School, its nearest public school. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Quitman County Middle School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.2% against a local average of 36.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 271 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 265. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 25.9:1, from 7.5:1.
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Quitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,774
Census ACS
Median income
$32,412
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quitman County School District
- Quitman County ElementaryElementary · 331 students
- Madison Palmer High SchoolHigh · 239 students
- QUITMAN CO VOCATIONAL COMPLEXHigh
Other schools in MARKS
- Madison Palmer High SchoolHigh · 239 students
- QUITMAN CO VOCATIONAL COMPLEXHigh
Nearby schools
- Madison Palmer High School0.9 mi · 239
- Quitman County Elementary4.0 mi · 331
- Jonestown Elementary11.5 mi · 135
- Lyon Elementary13.2 mi · 224
- George H. Oliver Visual/Performing Arts Magnet School16.3 mi · 299
- W.A. Higgins Academy Of Arts/International Studies16.4 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Quitman County Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Quitman County Middle School?
Quitman County Middle School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Quitman County Middle School serve?
Quitman County Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Quitman County Middle School?
Approximately 25.9:1 students per teacher at Quitman County Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Quitman County Middle School?
At Quitman County Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 0% Hispanic, 95% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Quitman County Middle School?
Quitman County Middle School is overseen by Quitman County School District in Quitman County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.