📍 200 Martin Luther King Jr Street, Dekalb, Kemper County, 39328
Kemper County Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Dekalb, Kemper County. The school has 120 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kemper Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kemper County Middle School enrolls 120 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.7% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 117 | 98% |
| White | 2 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
120 of the school's 120 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 120 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.
Kemper County Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-30, state senate district 32, state house district 45.
Kemper County Middle School is one of 5 schools in Kemper County School District, based in DeKalb, Mississippi. The district serves 888 students district-wide and employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 120 students, Kemper County Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 178 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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