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Tunica Middle School

Public Grades 6-8
160th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 266 Mississippi Middle Schools
Better than 40% of Mississippi middle schools
Summary

Tunica Middle School is a public middle school in Tunica, Mississippi, serving 362 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Tunica County School District, which is ranked 85 out of 130 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tunica Middle School faces several challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, significantly lower test scores compared to the state average across all grade levels and subject areas, and a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, indicating that the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. While the school has a relatively small class size, with a student-teacher ratio ranging from 12.2 to 15.2, its academic performance, as measured by MAAP test scores, is consistently below the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 17.6% to 32.4%, compared to the state average of 37.3% to 46.7%.

Interestingly, the nearest comparable school, Lake Cormorant Middle, which is part of the Desoto County School District, has generally better performance than Tunica Middle School across all subject areas and grade levels. Additionally, Tunica Middle School's performance, as measured by its statewide school digger rank, has been declining over the past several years, dropping from 136 out of 243 Mississippi middle schools in 2022-2023 to 160 out of 266 middle schools in the 2024-2025 school year.

334
Students ?
12.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,618
Per pupil spending ?
99.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2486 US Hwy 61 N
       Tunica, MS  38676

(662) 363-4224

District: Tunica School District


Students who attend Tunica Middle School usually attend:

High:    Rosa Fort High

Feeder schools for Tunica Middle School:

Elementary:    Dundee Elementary School
    Robinsonville Elementary School
    Tunica Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
81.1%
Two or more races:
15.3%
Hispanic:
2.1%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 9th percentile in 2015 → 40th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 31 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Mississippi average (41% vs 48% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 24% Mississippi)
!English Language Arts scores 18 pts below the Mississippi average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school41%
District avg41%
Mississippi avg48%
160th of 266
Mississippi public middle schools ?
Bottom 40%▲ up 31 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 40% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
85th of 130Tunica 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
202541.1160 of 26639.8%★★☆☆☆
202443.8152 of 26442.4%★★☆☆☆
202340.8136 of 24344.0%★★☆☆☆
202239.1150 of 25741.6%★★☆☆☆
202121.0196 of 25723.7%★☆☆☆☆
201933.7171 of 26435.2%★★☆☆☆
201820.6203 of 25219.4%★☆☆☆☆
201716.9227 of 27216.5%★☆☆☆☆
201617.8219 of 26015.8%★☆☆☆☆
201514.1243 of 2668.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201414.3243 of 2648.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201322.0220 of 26918.2%★☆☆☆☆
201236.8182 of 27032.6%★★☆☆☆
201134.0200 of 26424.2%★☆☆☆☆
201013.7233 of 2558.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200911.8226 of 2478.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200811.5225 of 2447.8%☆☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics58%+6 vs state
Science38%-16 vs state
English Language Arts24%-18 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tunica Middle School

Students who attend Tunica Middle School usually go on to attend Rosa Fort High

In the 2024-25 school year, 334 students attended Tunica Middle School.

Tunica Middle School ranks 160th of 266 Mississippi middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Tunica Middle School are 81% African American, 15% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic, 1% White.


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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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