Summary:
Zip code 38641 in Mississippi, home to the city of Lake Cormorant, contains just one public middle school serving grades 6 through 8: Lake Cormorant Middle School, a school of 707 students within the DeSoto County School District. Because it is the only middle school in the area, this summary focuses entirely on that school.
Academically, Lake Cormorant Middle School performs around the middle of the pack statewide, ranking between the 47th and 49th percentile over the past three years. Mathematics is its relative strength: in 2025-2026, average math proficiency was 50.0%, just below the state average of 53.9% and 11.1 points behind the district average of 61.1%. The school showed strong improvement in 8th-grade math and science, with math rising from 46.8% to 54.3% and science jumping from 40.4% to 52.7% in a single year. English Language Arts, however, is a clear concern. In 2025-2026, ELA proficiency across grades 6-8 averaged 35.5%, lower than both the district (43.7%) and the state (41.9%). The 7th-grade ELA score was especially low at 29.1%, and 7th-grade math also dropped sharply from 65.8% to 53.6% year over year.
Outside of test scores, the school faces notable challenges. Chronic absenteeism is high at 30.9%, exceeding the district rate of 26.4% and the state rate of 23.9%, and nearly 69% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high level of economic need. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2. The school's overall statewide ranking has remained stable despite these fluctuations, holding at 2 to 3 stars and hovering near the median of Mississippi middle schools. The key takeaway is that Lake Cormorant Middle School offers competitive math instruction and is making real progress in science, but improving literacy and attendance will be essential to closing the gap with the rest of DeSoto County.
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