Summary:
Jeff Davis County School District, located in Prentiss, Mississippi, is served by a single middle school — Jeff Davis County Middle School — which enrolls 262 students across grades 6 through 8. Since this is the only middle school in the Jeff Davis County School District, its performance is identical to the district's middle-level outcomes, making school and district accountability measures one and the same.
The school shows genuine bright spots. Seventh-grade math proficiency reaches 56.5%, nearly matching the state average of 57.7%, and 8th-grade science comes in at 51.7% compared to 57.8% statewide. The strongest ELA result is in 8th grade, with 37.4% proficiency versus 40.9% statewide. However, significant concerns remain. Sixth-grade math is the weakest area by far, with just 23.2% of students proficient — a 29.5-point gap from the state. Seventh-grade ELA also struggles, dropping to 26.9% proficiency, a 15-point decline from 6th grade. Overall, the school's average proficiency across all seven tested subjects is approximately 40.0%, compared to 49.3% for the same tests statewide, leaving a gap of about 9.3 points.
Given that 98.85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, chronic absenteeism of 23.4% is slightly better than the state average of 23.9%. The school's statewide rank has improved modestly, moving from 165th in 2023-2024 to 159th in 2025-2026, placing it in the 39th percentile of Mississippi middle schools. The most actionable takeaway is the dramatic inconsistency between grade levels: 6th-grade math collapses while 7th-grade math nearly matches the state, suggesting that specific instructional strategies or cohort dynamics are driving these swings. Investigating these patterns in 6th-grade math and 7th-grade ELA would likely yield the greatest gains for the school.
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