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.

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.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.