Summary:
Ridgeland School District 122 has one middle school, Simmons Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 725 students. Its latest results show a mixed academic picture: in 2025–2026, all-grades ELA proficiency was 66%, compared with 56% statewide, while mathematics was 38% versus 40%, and eighth-grade science was 39% versus 52%. The most important finding is that ELA is Simmons’ clearest strength, while eighth-grade science is its largest shortfall against the state.
Simmons is the only school in the list, so it is the top and bottom school by default rather than part of a meaningful local ranking. Compared with the state, its strongest grade-specific result was seventh-grade math: 50% proficient, 10 points above the state. Its weakest grade-specific comparison was eighth-grade math, at 29% versus 35% statewide, a 6-point deficit. ELA was above the state in every grade, with the largest lead in sixth grade (69% versus 59%, or 10 points). Eighth-grade science was 39%, 13 points below the state’s 52%.
Math improved substantially year over year, while science moved in the opposite direction: all-grades math rose from 28% in 2024–2025 to 38% in 2025–2026, narrowing its state gap from 11 points to 2; ELA rose from 62% to 66% and maintained a lead of about 9 points. Science fell from 39% to 39% (a 1-point decline before rounding), as the state improved, widening Simmons’ deficit from 6 to 13 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking fell from the 61st percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 to the 49th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, despite higher ELA and math results. Context figures include a 14.9 student-teacher ratio and 61% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; chronic absenteeism was 18% in 2025–2026, 5 points above the district and 5 points below the state. With only one school in the list, there is no school-to-school comparison.
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