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What's the most underrated thing about ST. MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
946
Middle
DISTRICT 683 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216000963
St. Martin Middle School
10800 Yellowjacket Blvd, Ocean Springs, MS 39564 · (228) 283-3500 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL946 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- B+Beats 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
14.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
586 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 337 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 32% |
Student demographics
62%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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
56.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 54 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 64.4% |
% 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 St. Martin Middle School
St. Martin Middle School's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin Middle School this school | 946 | 61.9% | 63.9% |
| Harper McCaughan Elementary Long Beach | 622 | 60.0% | 72.1% |
| Biloxi Junior High School Biloxi | 863 | 63.4% | 69.9% |
| Oxford Middle School Oxford | 667 | 48.3% | 61.8% |
| Clinton Junior High School Clinton | 862 | 44.4% | 73.7% |
| Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg | 1,160 | 61.0% | 58.3% |
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 St. Martin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #38 of 176 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #65 of 181 ▼ 15 | #5 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #38 of 181 ▼ 1 | #6 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 946 | #13 of 186 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #113 of 163 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #24 of 164 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #150 of 184 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #106 of 119 | #8 of 10 |
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
946
-60 (-6%) vs 2020
+54% since 2000-01, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 946 | 65.3 | 14.5:1 | 62% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 949 | 47.4 | 20.0:1 | 62% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 995 | 66.2 | 15.0:1 | 100% (992) |
| 2020-21 | 1,006 | 71 | 14.2:1 | 100% (1,003) |
| 2017-18 | 1,000 | 68.2 | 14.7:1 | 65% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 1,024 | 64 | 16.0:1 | 67% (681) |
| 2010-11 | 840 | 62 | 13.6:1 | 61% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 31 | 19.8:1 | 41% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Martin Middle School.
About St. Martin Middle School
St. Martin Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The school had 946 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Mississippi) has about 452 students.
Within Jackson County School District, St. Martin Middle School is one of 13 schools. The district enrolls 8,845 students.
White students account for 56% of enrollment at St. Martin Middle School. Enrollment also includes 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 11 points below the 67% share among Jackson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at St. Martin Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school employs the equivalent of 65.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.5:1. Among middle schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 13.7:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%.
Measured against Mississippi public middle schools, St. Martin Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.3% for St. Martin Middle School. The school posts 63.9%, within a point of the prediction.
Census estimates describe Jackson County this way: median household income is about $66,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 46 public schools in Jackson County, with a combined enrollment of about 22,712.
The shortest distance from St. Martin Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to St. Martin Upper Elementary. The five-mile area around St. Martin Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 63.9% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
St. Martin Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,006 to 946.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County School District
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Vancleave High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- St. Martin Upper ElementaryElementary · 600 students
Other schools in Ocean Springs
- Ocean Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- Ocean Springs Upper ElementaryMiddle · 1,284 students
- Ocean Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 899 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Magnolia Park ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- St. Martin Upper Elementary0.1 mi · 600
- St. Martin High School0.4 mi · 1,289
- Ocean Springs Upper Elementary1.7 mi · 1,284
- Pecan Park Elementary1.8 mi · 486
- Oak Park Elementary1.8 mi · 467
- St. Martin East Elementary2.4 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martin Middle SchoolHow large is St. Martin Middle School?
St. Martin Middle School enrolls approximately 946 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does St. Martin Middle School serve?
St. Martin Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Martin Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Martin Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at St. Martin Middle School?
Student demographics at St. Martin Middle School are roughly 56% White, 10% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is St. Martin Middle School in?
St. Martin Middle School is part of Jackson County School District.
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