Middle · Mississippi
Southaven Middle School
Free meals for allSouthaven Middle School, a public middle school in Southaven, Mississippi: grades 6–8, 1,423 students, 15.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of DeSoto County School District.
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
- 1,423
- Teachers (FTE)
- 89.5
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in Mississippi
Median 13.2 · 180 schools compared
More students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 99% of middle schools in Mississippi
Median 374 · 181 schools compared
Larger than 99% 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%28%proficient
+1.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of middle schools in Mississippi
Median 37% · 181 middle schools compared
1,368 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Mississippi: 52%35%proficient
+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of middle schools in Mississippi
Median 47% · 181 middle schools compared
1,371 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
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with DeSoto County School District.
Location
- Address
- 899 Rasco Road, Southaven, MS 38671
- Phone
- (662)280-0422
- City or town
- Southaven
- County
- DeSoto County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Havenview MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 696 | — |
Horn Lake Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 948 | 14.7 |
City University School Girls PreparatoryCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 94 | — |
A. Maceo Walker MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 641 | — |
| 6–8 | 1,388 | 17.5 | |
Oakhaven MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 303 | — |
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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