Enrollment
288
Middle
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUITMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280378000723
Quitman Junior High School
501 W. Lynda Street, Quitman, MS 39355 · (601) 776-1288 · Clarke County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
19.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
237 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 94 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 33% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 Quitman School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
23.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
26.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 35.2% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 Quitman Junior High School
Quitman Junior High School's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quitman Junior High School this school | 288 | 82.3% | 33.4% |
| Franklin Upper Elementary Meadville | 234 | 82.1% | 46.1% |
| North Pike Upper Elementary School Summit | 317 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
| Alexander Junior High BROOKHAVEN | 340 | 82.6% | 45.0% |
| Lipsey Middle School BROOKHAVEN | 341 | 77.4% | 45.9% |
| Shannon Middle School Shannon | 190 | 87.4% | 37.6% |
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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #141 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #158 of 181 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #149 of 181 ▼ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #132 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #158 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #70 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #98 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #26 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
288
-137 (-32%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 288 | 14.5 | 19.9:1 | 82% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 23.3 | 12.8:1 | 100% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 24.8 | 13.3:1 | 100% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 100% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 29.1 | 13.8:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 84% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 38 | 12.2:1 | 78% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 66% (409) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 39 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quitman Junior High School.
About Quitman Junior High School
Quitman, Mississippi, is home to Quitman Junior High School, a small middle school. Total enrollment is 288 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 36% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Mississippi (about 452).
Quitman School District has 1,459 students spread across 4 schools.
More than half of the students at Quitman Junior High School are Black (55%). The next largest groups are 43% White. In Clarke County overall, about 31% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Teacher count: 14.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.9:1. The gap from the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi is 6.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. Compared with the 68% average for public schools in Clarke County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Quitman Junior High School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Mississippi public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 53.0% for Quitman Junior High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 33.4%. The 19.6-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
In Clarke County, home to about 15,314 people, median household income comes to about $46,108, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,377, Quitman Junior High School among them.
The closest school to Quitman Junior High School is Quitman Upper Elementary School, located about 1.4 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Quitman Junior High School. On proficiency, Quitman Junior High School is behind the 67.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 425 to 288, a 32% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.7:1 in 2020-21 to 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,314
Census ACS
Median income
$46,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,377 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Quitman School District
- Quitman High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Quitman Lower ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Quitman Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- CLARKE CO CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CTRHigh
- QUITMAN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in Quitman
- Quitman High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Quitman Lower ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Quitman Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
- CLARKE CO CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CTRHigh
- QUITMAN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
Other Quitman Junior High schools
One other US public school is named Quitman Junior High. Quitman Junior High School is the largest of the 2.
- Quitman Junior High SchoolQUITMAN, TX · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Quitman Upper Elementary School1.4 mi · 327
- Quitman High School1.6 mi · 437
- Quitman Lower Elementary1.6 mi · 407
- Enterprise Elementary9.1 mi · 390
- Enterprise Middle School9.1 mi · 268
- Enterprise High School9.6 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Quitman Junior High SchoolHow large is Quitman Junior High School?
Quitman Junior High School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Quitman Junior High School serve?
Quitman Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quitman Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quitman Junior High School is approximately 19.9:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Quitman Junior High School?
At Quitman Junior High School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 1% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Quitman Junior High School public or private?
Quitman Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Quitman School District.
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