Middle Schools in Jefferson County School District

Summary:

The Jefferson County School District in Mississippi has only one middle school, Jefferson County Middle School, which serves grades 5-8. The school has consistently underperformed academically compared to state averages, with low test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across multiple grade levels and school years.

Jefferson County Middle School has a student enrollment of 308 and a student-teacher ratio of 12.7 to 1. The school has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9% and 100% of its students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high levels of poverty in the community. The school's statewide ranking has declined from 225 out of 264 middle schools in 2023-2024 to 243 out of 266 middle schools in 2024-2025, suggesting that it is falling behind its peers in the state.

Overall, the data paints a picture of a struggling middle school that is underperforming academically and facing significant challenges related to poverty and chronic absenteeism. While there are no other middle schools in the Jefferson County School District to compare it to, the school's consistently low performance and declining statewide ranking indicate that substantial interventions and support may be needed to improve educational outcomes for the students at Jefferson County Middle School.

District Detail

942 Main Street
Fayette, MS 39069

(601) 786-3721

SchoolDigger Rank:
107^th of 130 Mississippi districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,083

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)			MAAP Mathematics (2025)			MAAP Science (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
Jefferson County Middle School	Public	6-8	468 Highway 33	Fayette	39069	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(601) 786-3721	240	19	12.6	98.8%	2 (0.8%)	233 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	12.1	243^rd of 266 public middle schools	8.6%		16.4	225^th of 264 public middle schools	14.8%	18	16.7	11.1	24.1	22.2	21.0	19.0	39.2	$14,659

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Claiborne County Public Schools	18.42 mi	4	112^th
Natchez-Adams School District	18.43 mi	8	87^th
Franklin County School District	19.15 mi	5
Instant Impact Global Prep	21.76 mi	1
Lincoln County School District	31.03 mi	4

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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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