📍 6530 S. Blocker Street, Olive Branch, DeSoto County, 38654
Olive Branch Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Olive Branch, DeSoto County. The school has 726 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Olive Branch Middle enrolls 726 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 50 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Black or African American, 32% White and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 371 | 51% |
| White | 231 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 82 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
723 of the school's 726 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 417 qualify for free lunch and 306 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Olive Branch Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-10, state senate district 19, state house district 6.
Olive Branch Middle is one of 42 schools in DeSoto County School District, based in Hernando, Mississippi. The district serves 34,934 students district-wide and employs 2,367 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 726 students, Olive Branch Middle is close to the district average of about 832 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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