Middle · Mississippi

Neshoba Central Middle School

Neshoba Central Middle School, a public middle school in Philadelphia, Mississippi: grades 6–8, 645 students, 12.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Neshoba County 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
645
Teachers (FTE)
52.4
Students per teacher
12.3
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 71% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 13.2 · 180 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 80% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 374 · 181 schools compared

Larger than 64% 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%

59%proficient

+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 89% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 37% · 181 middle schools compared

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

Math

Mississippi: 52%

82%proficient

−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 47% · 181 middle schools compared

619 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
Area
Remote town

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

Location

Address
1000 St. Francis Drive, Philadelphia, MS 39350
Phone
(601)656-4636

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Union Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–828614.253%63%
5–853713.762%67%
6–830817.525%41%
Kemper County Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–819111.120%31%

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.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 280306000990