Vicksburg Junior High

Vicksburg Junior High School is a public middle school serving grades 7-8 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, with an enrollment of 431 students. The school is part of the Vicksburg Warren School District, which is ranked 71 out of 130 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite being part of the Vicksburg Warren School District, Vicksburg Junior High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Mississippi middle schools, maintaining a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade. The school has faced significant challenges, including consistently low performance, high chronic absenteeism rates, and low test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science, all of which are below the state and district averages. Additionally, the school has a 100% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating that all students come from low-income households.

Interestingly, the nearby Warren Central Junior High School, which is also part of the Vicksburg Warren School District, performs significantly better than Vicksburg Junior High School. This suggests that there may be opportunities to learn from the practices and strategies used at the higher-performing school. However, Vicksburg Junior High School's performance appears to be declining over time, with its statewide ranking dropping in recent years, indicating that the school may need to implement significant interventions to improve student outcomes.