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Bettye Mae Jack Middle School

Public Grades 5-8
223rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 266 Mississippi Middle Schools
Better than 16% of Mississippi middle schools
Summary

Bettye Mae Jack Middle School is a public middle school located in Morton, Mississippi, serving grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 511 students. The school is part of the Scott County School District, which is ranked 51 out of 130 districts in Mississippi and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Bettye Mae Jack Middle School faces several challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 21.4% to 33.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school's test scores are also consistently lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics that are 10-20 percentage points below the state and district averages. Additionally, the school has an extremely high percentage of students (over 99%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When comparing Bettye Mae Jack Middle School to nearby schools, such as Northwest Rankin Middle School and Lake Middle School, the performance gap is quite significant, with the nearby schools consistently outperforming Bettye Mae Jack Middle School on test scores. Furthermore, Bettye Mae Jack Middle School's performance has been declining over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 166 out of 257 middle schools in 2020-2021 to 223 out of 266 middle schools in 2024-2025, suggesting the school is struggling to improve student outcomes.

486
Students ?
17.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$8,652
Per pupil spending ?
99.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 128 M.L. King Drive
       Morton, MS  39117

(601) 732-6977

District: Scott County School District


Students who attend Bettye Mae Jack Middle School usually attend:

High:    Morton High School

Feeder schools for Bettye Mae Jack Middle School:

Elementary:    Morton Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
40.9%
African American:
28.4%
White:
26.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 35th percentile in 2021 → 16th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (29% vs 52% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped from its 35th-percentile peak (2021) to 16th (2025)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school29%
District avg45%
Mississippi avg52%
223rd of 266
Mississippi public middle schools ?
Bottom 16%▲ up 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 11% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Mississippi Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Middle Schools in the Scott County School District
51st of 130Scott County School District among Mississippi districts
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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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMississippi percentileRating
202517.4223 of 26616.2%★☆☆☆☆
202412.3242 of 2648.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.4190 of 24321.8%★☆☆☆☆
202224.9191 of 25725.7%★☆☆☆☆
202131.4166 of 25735.4%★★☆☆☆
201920.1211 of 26420.1%★☆☆☆☆
201819.1207 of 25217.9%★☆☆☆☆
201723.9204 of 27225.0%★☆☆☆☆
201625.4193 of 26025.8%★☆☆☆☆
201515.3236 of 26611.3%★☆☆☆☆
201435.6175 of 26433.7%★★☆☆☆
201352.0137 of 26949.1%★★☆☆☆
201248.8149 of 27044.8%★★☆☆☆
201152.1143 of 26445.8%★★☆☆☆
201048.1142 of 25544.3%★★☆☆☆
200940.8157 of 24736.4%★★☆☆☆
200830.8182 of 24425.4%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?
Algebra I82%+14 vs state
Science35%-25 vs state
English Language Arts27%-18 vs state
Mathematics26%-25 vs state

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Students at Bettye Mae Jack Middle School are 41% Hispanic, 28% African American, 27% White, 4% Two or more races.

Bettye Mae Jack Middle School ranks in the bottom 16.2% of Mississippi middle schools.

Students who attend Bettye Mae Jack Middle School usually go on to attend Morton High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 486 students attended Bettye Mae Jack Middle School.


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