Quitman Junior High School

Set in Quitman, Mississippi, Quitman Junior High School is an intimate middle-grades school, operated by Quitman School District. It serves 288 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 36% below the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 452 students.

Quitman School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,459 students. Quitman Junior High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Quitman Junior High School reports that Black students make up the majority at 55%; the rest reads as 43% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Quitman Junior High School shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clarke County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Clarke County reports that median household income runs about $46,108, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Clarke County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,377 students), of which Quitman Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Quitman Upper Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Quitman Junior High School.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quitman Junior High School has shrank 28%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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