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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SOCSD/MSU PARTNERSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
646
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STARKVILLE OKTIBBEHA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280018901532
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School
11200 MS Hwy 182, Starkville, MS 39759 · (662) 324-4181 · Oktibbeha County
GRADES 06–07MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of Mississippi public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
425 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 | 305 | 47% |
| Grade 7 | 341 | 53% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Students here typically continue to
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School→Armstrong Junior High School
Based on grade levels within Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 54.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
Schools most like SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School this school | 646 | 65.8% | 49.3% |
| Milam Elementary School Tupelo | 456 | 66.7% | 55.2% |
| Northeast Middle School Meridian | 520 | 71.5% | 48.0% |
| Armstrong Junior High School Starkville | 358 | 66.8% | 51.6% |
| Tupelo Middle School Tupelo | 1,070 | 67.0% | 61.0% |
| Overstreet Elementary School Starkville | 324 | 66.4% | 57.5% |
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 SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #81 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #71 of 181 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #67 of 181 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #34 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #48 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #66 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #141 of 184 |
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
646
-124 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 646 | 52.2 | 12.4:1 | 66% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 692 | 55.1 | 12.6:1 | 68% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 56.3 | 13.4:1 | 100% (750) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 100% (767) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School.
About SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School is a public middle school run by Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District in Starkville, Mississippi. The school teaches grades 6 through 7 and enrolls 646 students. The school is 43% bigger than the average for middle schools in Mississippi.
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School belongs to Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, a district of 7 schools and 4,880 students.
The student body at SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School is 61% Black. After that, the student body is 32% White, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Oktibbeha County, the Black share is about 36%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.4:1. The school has 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Federal data show 66% of students (425) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 67% average for public schools in Oktibbeha County.
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Test results at SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School are 12.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (49.3% actual, 61.3% predicted).
In the wider Oktibbeha County area, the median household earns about $46,695 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Oktibbeha County, 9 public schools serve about 4,880 students.
Overstreet Elementary School is the nearest public school to SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School, about 1.5 miles away. Within five miles of SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School, there are 5 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 124 students, from 770 to 646. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.4:1, from 14.5:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Oktibbeha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,771
Census ACS
Median income
$46,695
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,880 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District
- Starkville High SchoolHigh · 1,376 students
- Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,066 students
- Sudduth Elementary SchoolElementary · 920 students
- Armstrong Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Overstreet Elementary SchoolMiddle · 324 students
- West Elementary SchoolElementary · 190 students
Other schools in Starkville
- Starkville High SchoolHigh · 1,376 students
- Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,066 students
- Sudduth Elementary SchoolElementary · 920 students
- Armstrong Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Overstreet Elementary SchoolMiddle · 324 students
- MILLSAPS CAREER & TECH CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- Overstreet Elementary School1.5 mi · 324
- Sudduth Elementary School1.6 mi · 920
- Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School1.9 mi · 1,066
- Armstrong Junior High School2.2 mi · 358
- Starkville High School2.2 mi · 1,376
- South Side Elementary School11.6 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle SchoolHow large is SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School?
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 06-07.
What age range does SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School serve?
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 07.
How many students per teacher at SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School?
At SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 3% Hispanic, 61% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School?
SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School is overseen by Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District in Oktibbeha County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.