Summary:
The Pearl River County School District in Mississippi has only one middle school, Pearl River Central Junior High, serving grades 7-8. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking in recent years, its academic performance on standardized tests is mixed, with some areas meeting or exceeding district and state averages, and others falling short.
Pearl River Central Junior High's proficiency rates on the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) tests are generally on par with or slightly below the district and state averages, with a few notable exceptions. In 2024-2025, the school's 7th grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate of 24.4% was significantly lower than the state average of 37.3%, and the 8th grade Science proficiency rate of 50.4% was also lower than the state's 54.7%. However, in the previous year, the school's ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates mostly exceeded the district and state averages.
The school serves a relatively high proportion of economically disadvantaged students, with 61.42% of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. This socioeconomic factor may contribute to the school's academic challenges and should be considered when developing strategies for improvement. Despite these challenges, Pearl River Central Junior High maintains a student-teacher ratio of 15:1, which is on par with the typical range for middle schools.
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