R.H. Long Booneville Middle School

R.H. Long Booneville Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Booneville, Mississippi, run under Booneville School District, works with 416 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Within Booneville School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,337 students, R.H. Long Booneville Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, R.H. Long Booneville Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, R.H. Long Booneville Middle School records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting R.H. Long Booneville Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, R.H. Long Booneville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 60.2%, a residual of -1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Prentiss County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,724 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Prentiss County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,973 students), R.H. Long Booneville Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Booneville High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around R.H. Long Booneville Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts R.H. Long Booneville Middle School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 66.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 415 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025.

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