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Enrollment
396
High
DISTRICT 868 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280109001029
Sumner Hill Junior High School
400 W. Northside Drive, Clinton, MS 39056 · (601) 924-5510 · Hinds County
GRADES 09–09HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Mississippi public high schools
- ATest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
193 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 396 | 100% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Sumner Hill Junior High School→Clinton High School
Based on grade levels within Clinton Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 82.8% |
% 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Sumner Hill Junior High School
Sumner Hill Junior High School's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Hill Junior High School this school | 396 | 48.7% | 76.9% |
| Clinton High School Clinton | 1,339 | 38.5% | 76.9% |
| St. Martin High School Ocean Springs | 1,289 | 55.9% | 73.7% |
| Oxford High School Oxford | 1,335 | 45.2% | 73.5% |
| Northeast High School Meridian | 608 | 63.8% | 64.3% |
| D'Iberville High Biloxi | 1,478 | 58.5% | 78.9% |
Matched among Mississippi high 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 Sumner Hill Junior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hinds County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #21 of 192 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #33 of 199 ▼ 10 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #16 of 199 ▼ 1 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #136 of 203 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #99 of 192 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #61 of 192 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #166 of 194 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #109 of 121 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
396
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 396 | 31.1 | 12.8:1 | 49% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 31.2 | 15.1:1 | 40% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 27.3 | 17.1:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 23 | 18.5:1 | 99% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 26.9 | 15.0:1 | 45% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 51% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 17 | 21.5:1 | 43% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 32% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 385 | 24 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumner Hill Junior High School.
About Sumner Hill Junior High School
Clinton, Mississippi, is home to Sumner Hill Junior High School, a low-enrollment high school. Enrollment totals 396 students across grade 9. On average, high schools in Mississippi enroll around 651, and this school is 39% below that mark.
District-wide, Clinton Public School District has 7 schools and 5,148 students.
More than half of the students at Sumner Hill Junior High School are Black (60%). The next largest groups are 30% White, 6% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. In Hinds County overall, about 72% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
Classroom staffing at Sumner Hill Junior High School totals 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi is close to this figure. Federal data show 49% of students (193) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Hinds County, the average is 88%.
On the allk12 Grade, Sumner Hill Junior High School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Mississippi public high schools.
Sumner Hill Junior High School is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.9% versus 69.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
The school is in Hinds County, where median household income comes to about $49,402, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Hinds County's 84 public schools enroll about 32,870 students and include Sumner Hill Junior High School.
Lovett Elementary School is the nearest public school to Sumner Hill Junior High School, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of Sumner Hill Junior High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sumner Hill Junior High School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 426 to 396, a 7% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Hinds County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
218,533
Census ACS
Median income
$49,402
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
32,870 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clinton Public School District
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Clinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Clinton Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Lovett Elementary SchoolMiddle · 375 students
Other schools in Clinton
- Clinton High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Clinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Clinton Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 746 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Lovett Elementary SchoolMiddle · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Lovett Elementary School1.4 mi · 375
- Clinton High School1.5 mi · 1,339
- Clinton Junior High School1.7 mi · 862
- Northside Elementary School1.9 mi · 683
- Eastside Elementary School2.0 mi · 747
- Clinton Park Elementary School2.2 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Sumner Hill Junior High SchoolHow large is Sumner Hill Junior High School?
Sumner Hill Junior High School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 09-09.
Is Sumner Hill Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sumner Hill Junior High School is a high school covering grades 09-09.
How many teachers does Sumner Hill Junior High School have?
Sumner Hill Junior High School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Sumner Hill Junior High School?
Student demographics at Sumner Hill Junior High School are roughly 30% White, 3% Hispanic, 60% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sumner Hill Junior High School public or private?
Sumner Hill Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clinton Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.