Middle Schools in Quitman School District

Middle Schools in Quitman School District consist of a single campus — Quitman Junior High School — which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 288 students in Quitman, MS.

Since it is the only middle school in the district, Quitman Junior High's test scores exactly match the district's middle-school averages, so all comparisons are against state benchmarks. The school faces significant challenges: 82.29% of students qualify for free/reduced-price lunch, and 31.2% were chronically absent in 2023–2024, compared to 23.9% statewide. Proficiency lags the state in nearly every subject, with mathematics being the biggest concern. In 8th-grade math, only 13.8% of students scored proficient versus 51.4% statewide — a gap of 37.6 percentage points. Sixth-grade math (28.0%) and 7th-grade math (28.4%) also trail far behind state averages (52.7% and 57.7%). ELA results are mixed: 6th-grade ELA improved substantially to 39.8% (a +15-point gain), but 7th-grade ELA dropped sharply to 15.9% (−9.7 points), meaning fewer than 1 in 6 seventh graders is proficient in reading.

There are genuine bright spots. Eighth-grade science proficiency rose to 51.2%, just 6.6 points behind the state average, and 6th-grade ELA showed strong improvement. However, the school's state ranking has slipped from the 21st to the 14th percentile over three years, earning 1-star ratings each year. The uneven progress — strong gains in some areas, sharp declines in others — suggests improvements are tied to specific classes or cohorts rather than consistent school-wide strategies. For parents, the key takeaways are that this school serves a high-poverty population, struggles most with math readiness and 7th-grade reading, but has demonstrated in science and 6th-grade ELA that meaningful improvement is possible with targeted interventions.