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Holly Springs Intermediate School

Public Grades 4-6
Summary

Holly Springs Intermediate School is a grades 4–6 school in Holly Springs, MS, serving 228 students in the Holly Springs School District. The school sits between elementary schooling and Holly Springs Junior High School (grades 7–8), which is located less than a mile away. It serves a very high-poverty student population: 100% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2023–2024, and 97.4% did so in 2024–2025. Academically, the school generally trails Mississippi state averages, but there is a clear bright spot in 6th-grade math. In 2024–2025, 57.4% of 6th graders were proficient in math, compared to 52.9% statewide—a massive 23-point advantage over nearby Byhalia Middle School, where only 23.8% were proficient. Science is also improving rapidly, with 5th-grade proficiency jumping from 34.5% in 2023–2024 to 61.9% in 2025–2026, beating Byhalia's 53.7%.

Chronic absenteeism remains a challenge, though the trend is moving in the right direction. The school's rate improved from 31.7% in 2022–2023 to 27.3% in 2023–2024—better than the district average of 34.9% and comparable to Byhalia Middle School (26.2%), though still higher than the state's 23.9%. The student-teacher ratio has risen to 17.6, higher than both Holly Springs Junior High (12.9) and Byhalia (16.1), which may mean less individualized attention for students.

While 6th-grade math is a genuine strength, 4th- and 5th-grade math lag well behind state averages, and 6th-grade English Language Arts has been volatile—though it jumped to 39.7% proficiency in 2025–2026 from 22.9% the prior year. Encouragingly, Holly Springs Intermediate outperformed Byhalia in 6th-grade ELA, 6th-grade math, 5th-grade math, and 5th-grade science in 2025–2026, despite serving a similarly high-poverty population. The school's upward trajectory, combined with the recent improvement at Holly Springs Junior High, suggests students may be arriving at the next level with stronger foundational skills than in past years.

228
Students ?
17.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,518
Per pupil spending ?
97.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 655 South Maury
       Holly Springs, MS  38635

(662) 252-2329

District: Holly Springs School District


Students who attend Holly Springs Intermediate School usually attend:

High:    Holly Springs High School

Feeder schools for Holly Springs Intermediate School:

Elementary:    Holly Springs Primary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
88.2%
White:
6.1%
Hispanic:
3.1%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2016 → 24th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (41% vs 54% meeting standards)
!Mathematics scores 16 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school41%
District avg41%
Mississippi avg54%
287th of 377
Mississippi public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▲ up 15 pts since 2016
From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
202628.3287 of 37723.9%★☆☆☆☆
202529.9281 of 38326.6%★☆☆☆☆
202425.3304 of 39022.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2301 of 37720.2%★☆☆☆☆
202219.7311 of 38218.6%★☆☆☆☆
202115.3329 of 38113.6%★☆☆☆☆
201917.7340 of 39714.4%★☆☆☆☆
201817.1353 of 40412.6%★☆☆☆☆
201716.3357 of 40612.1%★☆☆☆☆
201614.8359 of 3948.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201519.3355 of 40211.7%★☆☆☆☆
201439.3251 of 39436.3%★★☆☆☆
201323.5344 of 40815.7%★☆☆☆☆
201227.2333 of 41419.6%★☆☆☆☆
201135.1298 of 41828.7%★☆☆☆☆
201018.7360 of 40310.7%★☆☆☆☆
200919.1340 of 39213.3%★☆☆☆☆
200817.2348 of 39411.7%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2025-2026) ?
Science62%-10 vs state
English Language Arts40%-12 vs state
Mathematics35%-16 vs state

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Students at Holly Springs Intermediate School are 88% African American, 6% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Holly Springs Intermediate School usually go on to attend Holly Springs High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 228 students attended Holly Springs Intermediate School.

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2025–26 MAAP test scoresAug 21, 2026
2023–24 school spending dataSep 26, 2025
2023–24 through 2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 26, 2025
2023–24 graduation ratesSep 23, 2025


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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