Enrollment
379
Middle
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280366001011
South Pontotoc Middle School
1523 South Pontotoc Rd, Pontotoc, MS 38863 · (662) 489-3476 · Pontotoc County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Mississippi public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
376 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 130 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 115 | 30% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
56.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.9% | 56.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 61.1% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 →
Schools most like South Pontotoc Middle School
South Pontotoc Middle School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pontotoc Middle School this school | 379 | 99.2% | 55.9% |
| North Pontotoc Middle School Ecru | 308 | 99.0% | 64.0% |
| Seminary Middle Seminary | 365 | 99.2% | 61.1% |
| WEST MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL Foxworth | 355 | 99.2% | N/A |
| Leakesville Jr. High Leakesville | 325 | 99.1% | 56.2% |
| Union Middle School Union | 286 | 99.0% | 65.0% |
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 South Pontotoc Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #66 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #64 of 181 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #85 of 181 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #90 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #68 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #108 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #62 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #99 of 119 |
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
379
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
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 | 379 | 29.2 | 13.0:1 | 99% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 29.2 | 13.3:1 | 64% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 28.8 | 13.0:1 | 99% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 99% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 26.7 | 15.4:1 | 65% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 66% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 65% (211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Pontotoc Middle School.
About South Pontotoc Middle School
South Pontotoc Middle School is the name of a small middle school in Pontotoc, Mississippi. There are 379 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 7 schools in PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,465 students enrolled.
The student body at South Pontotoc Middle School is 80% White. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
With 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.0:1. The average for middle schools in Mississippi is 13.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at South Pontotoc Middle School, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 88% for public schools in Pontotoc County.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, South Pontotoc Middle School outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
South Pontotoc Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.9% is 11.4 points above the 44.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Pontotoc County area, the median household earns about $51,484 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. South Pontotoc Middle School shares Pontotoc County with 13 other public schools.
South Pontotoc High School is the nearest public school to South Pontotoc Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, South Pontotoc Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around South Pontotoc Middle School as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 376 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 379. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.5:1 to 13.0:1.
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Pontotoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,550
Census ACS
Median income
$51,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,865 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- South Pontotoc Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- North Pontotoc Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
- North Pontotoc High SchoolHigh · 488 students
- South Pontotoc High SchoolHigh · 455 students
- North Pontotoc Middle SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- North Pontotoc Upper ElemMiddle · 297 students
Other schools in Pontotoc
- South Pontotoc Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Pontotoc High SchoolHigh · 712 students
- Pontotoc Elementary SchoolElementary · 657 students
- South Pontotoc High SchoolHigh · 455 students
- Pontotoc Jr High SchoolMiddle · 361 students
- DT Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
Nearby schools
- South Pontotoc High School0.0 mi · 455
- South Pontotoc Elementary School0.0 mi · 776
- Pontotoc Elementary School4.5 mi · 657
- Pontotoc High School5.1 mi · 712
- Pontotoc Jr High School5.2 mi · 361
- Pontotoc Middle School5.3 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About South Pontotoc Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Pontotoc Middle School?
South Pontotoc Middle School enrolls approximately 379 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does South Pontotoc Middle School serve?
South Pontotoc Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at South Pontotoc Middle School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at South Pontotoc Middle School.
What is the student diversity at South Pontotoc Middle School?
Student demographics at South Pontotoc Middle School are roughly 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is South Pontotoc Middle School public or private?
South Pontotoc Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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