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Best Middle Schools in Pearl River County, MS

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Schools

1,703

Students

Districts

Top rankedMiddle School Of Poplarville47^th of 263 Mississippi middle schools

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Biggest riser

Pearl River Central Middle School up 60 spots statewide this year

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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 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	Total
Pearl River Central Middle School	Public	6-8	7391 Hwy 11	Carriere	39426	Pearl River County	Pearl River County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 798-5654	762	46	16.4	60.8%	641 (84.1%)	27 (3.5%)	46 (6.0%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.2%)	75	61^st of 263 public middle schools	76.8%		55.4	121^st of 265 public middle schools	54.3%	60	49.8	40.1	49.0	67.0	65.7	60.6	67.9	$9,879
Picayune Junior High School	Public	7-8	702 Goodyear Blvd.	Picayune	39466	Pearl River County	Picayune School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 798-5449	465	27	17.2	69.0%	268 (57.6%)	127 (27.3%)	48 (10.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.1%)	45.4	138^th of 263 public middle schools	47.5%		44.6	150^th of 265 public middle schools	43.4%	12		30.8	34.2		50.0	41.5	59.5	$11,217
Middle School Of Poplarville	Public	6-8	6 Spirit Street	Poplarville	39470	Pearl River County	Poplarville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 795-1351	476	33	14.5	58.8%	392 (82.4%)	42 (8.8%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.6%)	78.7	47^th of 263 public middle schools	82.1%		72	72^nd of 265 public middle schools	72.8%	25	63.2	44.0	44.9	64.7	67.7	56.4	74.4	$10,508

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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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