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Middle Schools in Lamar County School District

At a glance

DistrictLamar County School District24^th of 130 Mississippi districtsFull district overview →

Schools

2,091

Students

5-star school

Top rankedSumrall Middle School24^th of 266 Mississippi middle schools

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Summary:

The Lamar County School District in Mississippi is home to three middle schools: Oak Grove Middle School, Sumrall Middle School, and Purvis Middle School. These schools serve students in grades 6-8 and provide a range of academic and extracurricular opportunities.

Among the three middle schools, Sumrall Middle School stands out as the top performer. It is ranked 24th out of 266 middle schools in Mississippi for the 2024-2025 school year and has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past two school years. Sumrall Middle School consistently outperforms the Lamar County School District and the state of Mississippi in proficiency rates for MAAP (Mississippi Academic Assessment Program) tests across all grade levels and subjects, with a particularly impressive 100% proficiency rate in Algebra I.

While Sumrall Middle School excels, the other two schools in the district have more mixed results. Oak Grove Middle School and Purvis Middle School have some grade levels and subjects performing above the district and state averages, while others fall below. Additionally, all three middle schools in the Lamar County School District have a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9%, which is higher than the state average and warrants further investigation and targeted interventions.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)			MAAP Mathematics (2025)			MAAP Algebra I (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 Algebra I End of Course	MAAP Science 8th Grade	Total
Oak Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	2543 Old Hwy.24	Hattiesburg	39402	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 261-4132	1,160	89	12.9	61.0%	399 (34.4%)	547 (47.2%)	123 (10.6%)	36 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (4.6%)	72.9	69^th of 266 public middle schools	74.1%		75.5	56^th of 264 public middle schools	78.8%	13	54.1	45.2	53.0	52.4	64.6	57.3	97.6	61.2	$9,577
Purvis Middle School	Public	6-8	213 School Street	Purvis	39475	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(601) 794-1037	447	31	14.4	51.9%	370 (82.8%)	48 (10.7%)	14 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.9%)	69.2	79^th of 266 public middle schools	70.3%		78.7	50^th of 264 public middle schools	81.1%	29	45.7	37.1	56.6	45.0	76.4	62.7		62.0	$9,831
Sumrall Middle School	Public	6-8	1217 Highway 42	Sumrall	39482	Lamar County	Lamar County School District	No	No	No	No	(601) 758-4416	484	35	13.9	40.1%	392 (81.0%)	45 (9.3%)	19 (3.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.0%)	86.4	24^th of 266 public middle schools	91.0%		90.3	17^th of 264 public middle schools	93.6%	7	59.7	48.8	66.0	67.1	73.3	63.4	100.0	77.1	$9,670

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Marion County School District	16.39 mi	8	68^th
Poplarville School District	16.73 mi	5	12^th
Columbia School District	17.9 mi	4	49^th
Forrest County School District	19.46 mi	7	46^th
Hattiesburg	21.93 mi	10	48^th

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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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