📍 8756 Forest Hill Irene, Olive Branch, DeSoto County, 38654
Center Hill Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Olive Branch, DeSoto County. The school has 775 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Desoto Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 44% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Center Hill Middle enrolls 775 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 39% White and 7.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 374 | 48% |
| White | 304 | 39% |
| Two or more races | 57 | 7.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
772 of the school's 775 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 339 qualify for free lunch and 433 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Center Hill Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-10, state senate district 19, state house district 52.
Center Hill 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 775 students, Center Hill 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: Rural - Fringe