📍 317 East Jefferson Street, Kosciusko, Attala County, 39090
Kosciusko Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kosciusko, Attala County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kosciusko School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kosciusko Junior High School enrolls 500 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 35% White and 4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 288 | 58% |
| White | 173 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
497 of the school's 500 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 376 qualify for free lunch and 121 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kosciusko 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 21, state house district 27.
Kosciusko Junior High School is one of 6 schools in Kosciusko School District, based in KOSCIUSKO, Mississippi. The district serves 1,973 students district-wide and employs 173 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Kosciusko Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 329 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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