SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School

SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School operates as a mid-sized junior high in Starkville, Mississippi, overseen by Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District. Current enrollment sits at 646 students spanning grades 6 through 7. Compared to the state average of about 452 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,880 students; SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School records that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 32% White, 4% Asian, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Oktibbeha County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School tighter 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.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Oktibbeha County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $46,695 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Oktibbeha County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,880 students), SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Overstreet Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SOCSD/MSU Partnership Middle School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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