Middle · Mississippi

Blackburn Middle School

Free meals for all

Blackburn Middle School, a public middle school in Jackson, Mississippi: grades 6–8, 317 students, 7.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Jackson Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 317
Teachers (FTE): 43.4
Students per teacher: 7.3
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 13.2 · 180 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 374 · 181 schools compared

Smaller than 73% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Mississippi's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Mississippi: 47%

12%proficient

+0.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 37% · 181 middle schools compared

323 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Mississippi: 52%

12%proficient

−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 47% · 181 middle schools compared

322 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Jackson Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Jackson Public Schools.

Location

Address: 1311 W Pearl St, Jackson, MS 39203
Phone: (601)960-5329
City or town: Jackson
County: Hinds County

Website Quality of life in Jackson Schools in Jackson

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Reimagine PrepCharterFree meals for all	5–8	457	21.8	21%	14%	2.4 mi
Peeples Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	541	11.6	11%	7.2%	2.7 mi
Powell Middle School	6–8	704	12.5	14%	9.5%	3.7 mi
Cardozo Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	531	10.4	12%	10%	4.2 mi
Smilow PrepCharterFree meals for all	5–8	521	20.0	26%	26%	4.7 mi
Midtown Public Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	420	13.5	25%	31%	5.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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