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Alumni: what's one memory from STONE MIDDLE SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
575
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STONE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280417000791
Stone Middle School
532 E Central Ave., Wiggins, MS 39577 · (601) 928-4876 · Stone County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
342 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 186 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 36% |
Student demographics
40%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
Based on grade levels within Stone County School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
71.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 71.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 68.5% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 →
Where Stone Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #30 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #20 of 181 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #43 of 181 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #42 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #64 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #100 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #157 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #115 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
575
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 575 | 44.5 | 12.9:1 | 59% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 42.1 | 13.6:1 | 61% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 42.6 | 14.1:1 | 99% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 48 | 11.9:1 | 99% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 48.7 | 12.0:1 | 68% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 69% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 54 | 12.2:1 | 62% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 58% (363) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stone Middle School.
About Stone Middle School
Families in Wiggins, Mississippi, are served by Stone Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reports enrollment of 575 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 27% larger than the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi.
Stone County School District is made up of 4 schools with 2,532 students in all.
More than half of the students at Stone Middle School are White (75%). The rest of enrollment is 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Stone County, where about 76% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Stone Middle School scores 40%.
The school has 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.9 students per teacher. Middle schools in Mississippi average 13.7:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Stone Middle School, 59% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Stone Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.5% is 1.0 points above the 64.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Stone County show median household income comes to about $61,413, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 5 public schools in the county, enrolling about 2,532, Stone Middle School among them.
Stone High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 70.6% on proficiency, and Stone Middle School is below that at 65.5%.
The federal government classifies Stone Middle School's location as Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 571 to 575. The ratio was 11.9:1 in 2020-21 and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Stone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,894
Census ACS
Median income
$61,413
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
2,532 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Stone County School District
- Stone High SchoolHigh · 740 students
- Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- Perkinston Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION-SHSHigh
Other schools in Wiggins
- Stone High SchoolHigh · 740 students
- Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION-SHSHigh
Nearby schools
- Stone High School0.3 mi · 740
- Stone Elementary School1.3 mi · 714
- Perkinston Elementary School4.6 mi · 503
- South Forrest Attendance Center14.6 mi · 604
- Saucier Elementary15.0 mi · 325
- Forrest County Agricultural High School15.5 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About Stone Middle SchoolHow many students attend Stone Middle School?
Stone Middle School enrolls approximately 575 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Stone Middle School serve?
Stone Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Stone Middle School have?
Stone Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Stone Middle School?
Student demographics at Stone Middle School are roughly 75% White, 3% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Stone Middle School in?
Stone Middle School is part of Stone County School District.
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