📍 820 Sulphur Springs Road, Canton, Madison County, 39046
Shirley D. Simmons Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Canton, Madison County. The school has 146 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Madison Co School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Shirley D. Simmons Middle School enrolls 146 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American, <1% White and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 144 | 99% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
143 of the school's 146 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 141 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Shirley D. Simmons Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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.
Shirley D. Simmons Middle School 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 146 students, Shirley D. Simmons Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 562 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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