Tupelo Middle School

Set in Tupelo, Mississippi, Tupelo Middle School is a substantial 6-8 campus, overseen by Tupelo Public School District. It enrolls 1,070 students across grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 452 students per school, that is 137% larger than typical.

Tupelo Middle School is one of 12 schools operated by Tupelo Public School District, a district that works with 7,192 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tupelo Middle School reports that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tupelo Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.7%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Across the wider county, Lee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,863 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Tupelo Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 14,808 students).

Pierce Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tupelo Middle School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tupelo Middle School has rose 5%, going from 1,018 students in 2018 to 1,070 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 32% over that span.

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