Enrollment
116
Middle
DISTRICT 178 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLANDALE·NCES 280189000332
Simmons Jr. High School
501 West Washington St., Hollandale, MS 38748 · (662) 827-2228 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL116 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
113 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Simmons Jr. High School→Simmons High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hollandale. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
About Simmons Jr. High School
Simmons Jr. High School is one of the one-room-style intermediate schools in Hollandale, Mississippi, run under Hollandale, with 116 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 452 students per school, that is 74% leaner than typical.
Hollandale runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 534 students. Simmons Jr. High School is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Simmons Jr. High School lists that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 72% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Simmons Jr. High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.4%; this one delivers 43.2%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Washington County put the typical household earns roughly $42,165 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. In all, Washington County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,329 students), of which Simmons Jr. High School is one.
Simmons High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Simmons Jr. High School. On composite proficiency, Simmons Jr. High School comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,765
Census ACS
Median income
$42,165
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
6,329 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hollandale
- Sanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Simmons High SchoolHigh · 172 students
- HOLLANDALE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMCombined
Other schools in Hollandale
- Sanders Elementary SchoolElementary · 246 students
- Simmons High SchoolHigh · 172 students
- HOLLANDALE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMCombined
Nearby schools
- Simmons High School0.1 mi · 172
- Sanders Elementary School0.1 mi · 246
- Riverside High School11.6 mi · 320
- Riverside Elementary School11.6 mi · 402
- South Delta Middle School13.5 mi · 138
- Edna M Scott Elementary School16.4 mi · 239
Frequently asked questions
About Simmons Jr. High SchoolHow many students attend Simmons Jr. High School?
Simmons Jr. High School enrolls approximately 116 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Simmons Jr. High School serve?
Simmons Jr. High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Simmons Jr. High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Simmons Jr. High School is approximately 13.7:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Simmons Jr. High School?
At Simmons Jr. High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Simmons Jr. High School in?
Simmons Jr. High School is part of Hollandale.
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