Middle · Mississippi

Huey L Porter Middle

Free meals for all

Huey L Porter Middle, a public middle school in Canton, Mississippi: grades 6–8, 356 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Canton 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: 356
Teachers (FTE): 27.4
Students per teacher: 13.0
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 13.2 · 180 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 374 · 181 schools compared

Smaller than 69% 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%

43%proficient

+13.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 37% · 181 middle schools compared

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

Math

Mississippi: 52%

55%proficient

+4.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 47% · 181 middle schools compared

339 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: Town near a city
Run by: Canton Public Schools

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

Location

Address: 551 Finney Road, Canton, MS 39046
Phone: (601)407-1820
City or town: Canton
County: Madison County

Website Quality of life in Canton Schools in Canton

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
Nichols Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	362	12.9	23%	26%	3.1 mi
Germantown Middle	6–8	1,008	14.1	63%	74%	8.7 mi
Shirley D. Simmons Middle School	6–8	124	6.4	38%	50%	11.9 mi
Madison Middle School	6–8	1,180	12.3	76%	88%	14.3 mi
Old Town Middle School	6–8	693	11.9	44%	55%	15.7 mi
Northwest Middle School	6–8	1,352	12.2	57%	65%	18.4 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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