📍 210 Sunnybrook Road, Ridgeland, Madison County, 39157
Old Town Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ridgeland, Madison County. The school has 707 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Madison Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Old Town Middle enrolls 707 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 9.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 467 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 137 | 19% |
| White | 65 | 9.2% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3% |
| Asian | 17 | 2.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
704 of the school's 707 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 541 qualify for free lunch and 163 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Old Town 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-30, state senate district 26, state house district 73.
Old Town Middle is one of 23 schools in Madison County Schools, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The district serves 12,926 students district-wide and employs 1,013 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 707 students, Old Town Middle is larger than the district average of about 562 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large