Enrollment
334
Middle
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUNICA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280429000809
Tunica Middle School
2486 US Hwy 61 N, TUNICA, MS 38676 · (662) 363-4224 · Tunica County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Mississippi public middle schools
- C+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
12.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
333 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 6 | 107 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 33% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
24.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 | 24.0% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 59.0% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Tunica Middle School
Tunica Middle School's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunica Middle School this school | 334 | 99.7% | 43.8% |
| Robert L Merritt Junior High Indianola | 341 | 100.0% | 48.5% |
| Denman Junior High School MCCOMB | 312 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| Bailey APAC Middle School Jackson | 318 | 99.1% | 68.5% |
| Higgins Middle School MCCOMB | 287 | 100.0% | 48.4% |
| Morgantown Elementary Natchez | 359 | 100.0% | 38.1% |
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 Tunica Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #108 of 176 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #57 of 181 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #146 of 181 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #113 of 186 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #47 of 163 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #117 of 164 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #52 of 184 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #53 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
334
-102 (-23%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 334 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 29.3 | 12.3:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 100% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 29.2 | 14.0:1 | 100% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 100% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 97% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 89% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 14 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tunica Middle School.
About Tunica Middle School
At 2486 US Hwy 61 N in TUNICA, Mississippi, Tunica Middle School operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The student body numbers 334 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Mississippi) has about 452 students.
Tunica Middle School is among 5 schools run by Tunica School District, which serves 1,598 students.
Most students at Tunica Middle School are Black: 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. County-wide, about 80% of residents are Black. Tunica Middle School has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Tunica Middle School counts 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.4 students for each one. The 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi is higher than this school's figure. About 100% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Tunica County, the average is about the same, 100%.
Measured against Mississippi public middle schools, Tunica Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Tunica Middle School scores 43.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.3%.
Within Tunica County, median household income is about $39,364, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. Federal data list 7 public schools in Tunica County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,598.
Rosa Fort High is the public school closest to Tunica Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Tunica Middle School places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Tunica Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 436 to 334. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tunica County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,475
Census ACS
Median income
$39,364
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tunica School District
- Rosa Fort HighHigh · 438 students
- Robinsonville Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Tunica Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- Dundee Elementary SchoolElementary · 138 students
- DAVID WILLIAMS JR CAREER &TECH CNTHigh
- TCS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
Other schools in TUNICA
- Rosa Fort HighHigh · 438 students
- Tunica Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
- DAVID WILLIAMS JR CAREER &TECH CNTHigh
- TCS ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLHigh
Nearby schools
- Rosa Fort High0.2 mi · 438
- Tunica Elementary School1.8 mi · 308
- Robinsonville Elementary School6.0 mi · 380
- Dundee Elementary School13.1 mi · 138
- Strayhorn Elementary School14.4 mi · 407
- Strayhorn High School14.5 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Tunica Middle SchoolHow large is Tunica Middle School?
Tunica Middle School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Tunica Middle School serve?
Tunica Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tunica Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tunica Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Tunica Middle School?
Tunica Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 81% Black, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Tunica Middle School?
Tunica Middle School is overseen by Tunica School District in Tunica County.
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