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Best Middle Schools in Marion County, MS

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Schools

827

Students

Districts

Top rankedJefferson Middle School131^st of 263 Mississippi middle schools

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)				MAAP Mathematics (2026)				MAAP Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	Total
Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	611 Owens Street	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Columbia School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 736-2786	329	27	12.0	72.0%	156 (47.4%)	148 (45.0%)	10 (3.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	47.2	131^st of 263 public middle schools	50.2%		51.4	127^th of 266 public middle schools	52.3%	4		37.4	37.4	40.5		44.8	49.6	45.0		55.0	$12,118
West Marion Middle School	Public	5-8	2 West Marion Street	Foxworth	39483	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(601) 731-2076	355	22	15.9	99.2%	245 (69.0%)	85 (23.9%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	40.5	152^nd of 263 public middle schools	42.2%					(n/a)	47.4	33.3	30.4	35.8	43.4	25.9	33.3	70.4	69.7	56.8
East Marion Middle School	Public	6-8	527 East Marion School Road	Columbia	39429	Marion County	Marion County School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(601) 731-7936	143	9	15.1	97.9%	37 (25.9%)	96 (67.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.3%)	24	208^th of 263 public middle schools	20.9%					(n/a)		30.5	27.5	27.2		39.1	32.5	29.6		47.7

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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