Quitman Junior High School

Quitman Junior High School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Quitman, Mississippi, with 298 students. The school is part of the Quitman School District, which is ranked 93 out of 130 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Quitman Junior High School has faced significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance compared to state averages. The school has had very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.9% to 36.5% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state average. Additionally, the school's test scores on the MAAP (Mississippi Academic Assessment Program) exams are consistently well below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 19.1% to 40.4% in math and 20% to 25.6% in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 47.5% to 55.5% in math and 37.3% to 46.7% in ELA. The school also has a high-poverty student population, with 100% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

In comparison, the nearby Heidelberg Junior High School and Enterprise Middle School have significantly better performance metrics. Heidelberg Junior High is ranked higher and has higher test scores, while Enterprise Middle School is one of the top-performing middle schools in the state, with test scores well above the state averages. The small class sizes at Quitman Junior High School, with a student-teacher ratio ranging from 12.7 to 13.3, suggest that there may be opportunities for the school to learn from and collaborate with its higher-performing peers to improve its practices and outcomes.