📍 705 Kinlock Road, Indianola, Sunflower County, 38751
Robert L Merritt Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Indianola, Sunflower County. The school has 410 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunflower Cty Cons School District school district. It serves grades 7–9 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Robert L Merritt Junior High School enrolls 410 students across grades 7–9. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 399 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.5% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
410 of the school's 410 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 410 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Robert L Merritt Junior High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-20, state senate district 13, state house district 31.
Robert L Merritt Junior High School is one of 13 schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District, based in INDIANOLA, Mississippi. The district serves 2,807 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 410 students, Robert L Merritt Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 216 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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