Enrollment
371
Middle
DISTRICT 476 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAUDERDALE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280243001174
Southeast Middle School
2535 Old Highway 19 S.E., Meridian, MS 39301 · (601) 485-5751 · Lauderdale County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A-Test 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
12.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
264 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 5 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 101 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 63.9% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Southeast Middle School
Southeast Middle School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Middle School this school | 371 | 71.2% | 65.0% |
| Amory Middle School Amory | 348 | 70.1% | 61.5% |
| North Pike Junior High Summit | 350 | 69.1% | 44.6% |
| North Pike Upper Elementary School Summit | 317 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
| Jefferson Middle School Columbia | 329 | 72.0% | 48.6% |
| R.H. Long Booneville Middle School Booneville | 416 | 65.9% | 60.2% |
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 Southeast Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #33 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #37 of 181 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #35 of 181 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #94 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #49 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #54 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.2% | #121 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #91 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
371
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 371 | 29.9 | 12.4:1 | 71% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 29.6 | 12.6:1 | 53% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 26.9 | 13.6:1 | 99% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 99% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 26.9 | 15.1:1 | 72% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 26 | 16.3:1 | 73% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 73% (314) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 42% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 13 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Middle School.
About Southeast Middle School
Among the schools in Meridian, Mississippi, is Southeast Middle School, a small middle school. The school enrolls 371 students in grades 5 through 8.
Southeast Middle School is one school in Lauderdale County School District, a system of 11 schools with 5,940 students.
White students are 58% of those enrolled at Southeast Middle School. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Southeast Middle School has a ratio of 12.4:1. The average for middle schools in Mississippi, 13.7:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Southeast Middle School lands at A, ahead of 87% of Mississippi public middle schools.
Southeast Middle School is 6.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.0% versus 58.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
In Lauderdale County, home to about 71,504 people, the median household earns about $50,817 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Southeast Middle School shares Lauderdale County with 23 other public schools.
Southeast Elementary School is the nearest public school to Southeast Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Southeast Middle School, there are 2 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Southeast Middle School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 371, down from 381 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.6 to 12.4 over 4 years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Southeast Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lauderdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,504
Census ACS
Median income
$50,817
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,325 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lauderdale County School District
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- West Lauderdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
- West Lauderdale High SchoolHigh · 535 students
Other schools in Meridian
- Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- West Lauderdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 761 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 608 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Clarkdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other Southeast Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Southeast Middle. Southeast Middle School is the 9th largest of the 10.
- Southeast Middle SchoolIowa City, IA · 1,269 students
- Southeast MiddleSouth Gate, CA · 1,215 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 826 students
- Southeast MiddleKernersville, NC · 733 students
- Southeast MiddleSalisbury, NC · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Southeast Elementary School0.5 mi · 562
- Southeast Lauderdale High School0.5 mi · 367
- Crestwood Elementary7.2 mi · 368
- Magnolia Middle School8.2 mi · 440
- Parkview Elementary8.3 mi · 364
- Meridian High School8.9 mi · 1,253
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southeast Middle School?
Southeast Middle School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades 05-08.
Is Southeast Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Southeast Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southeast Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southeast Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southeast Middle School?
At Southeast Middle School, the student body is approximately 58% White, 4% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Southeast Middle School in?
Southeast Middle School is part of Lauderdale County School District.
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