📍 404 Howard Gunn Street, Okolona, Chickasaw County, 38860
Okolona Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Okolona, Chickasaw County. The school has 124 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okolona Separate School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Okolona Middle School enrolls 124 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 14.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 2.4% Two or more races and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 118 | 95% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.4% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
124 of the school's 124 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 124 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.
Okolona 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-10, state senate district 8, state house district 22.
Okolona Middle School is one of 4 schools in Okolona School District, based in OKOLONA, Mississippi. The district serves 512 students district-wide and employs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 124 students, Okolona Middle School is close to the district average of about 128 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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