Summary:
Corinth School District contains one middle school, Corinth Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 with an enrollment of 719 students in the Corinth area. The district's only middle school ranks 96th out of 260 Mississippi middle schools (63rd percentile, 3 stars) for the 2025–2026 school year, up from 155th out of 264 (41st percentile, 2 stars) just one year earlier. Approximately 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 15.4 to 1. The Corinth School District itself ranks 95th out of 134 districts, which makes this middle school a relative bright spot within the broader district.
Corinth Middle School has posted remarkable academic gains over the past year. Math proficiency jumped from 44.2% to 53.9% (+9.8 points), and science proficiency rose from 49.9% to 62.9% (+13.0 points). The biggest success story is 8th grade math, which surged 17.4 points to 55.5% — now above the state average of 51.4%. Science scores also closed most of the gap with state averages in both tested grades. ELA improved as well, rising from 41.5% to 44.0%, led by gains in 5th and 8th grade. The school now exceeds the state average in math overall and is competitive in science.
The most persistent challenge is literacy in the upper grades. Seventh grade ELA sits at 35.5% — the lowest subject/grade score at the school — and 6th grade ELA declined from 52.5% to 47.8%, the only subject/grade pairing to drop. Chronic absenteeism is also a red flag at 29.0% versus 23.9% statewide. A Biology End-of-Course proficiency listing of 57.1% appears inconsistent with the district figure of 22.3% and should be interpreted with caution. If the school can maintain its momentum and address literacy, it has a realistic path to becoming a consistently above-average middle school.
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