📍 551 Finney Road, Canton, Madison County, 39046
Huey L. Porter Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Canton, Madison County. The school has 377 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Canton Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 18% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Huey L. Porter Middle School enrolls 377 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 317 | 84% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
377 of the school's 377 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 377 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.
Huey L. Porter Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 21, state house district 57.
Huey L. Porter Middle School is one of 10 schools in Canton Public Schools, based in Canton, Mississippi. The district serves 3,142 students district-wide and employs 217 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 377 students, Huey L. Porter Middle School is larger than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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