St. Martin Middle School

Set in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, St. Martin Middle School is an expansive middle school, one of the schools within Jackson County School District. It instructs 946 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 452 students each, so St. Martin Middle School sits 109% bigger than that benchmark.

Jackson County School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,845 students; St. Martin Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, St. Martin Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest consists of 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, St. Martin Middle School shows 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting St. Martin Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jackson County) reports that median household income runs about $66,201, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students), St. Martin Middle School is one campus in the mix.

St. Martin Upper Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St. Martin Middle School has declined 5%, going from 1,000 students in 2018 to 946 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 66% to 56% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.