📍 200 Mary Ann Drive, Pearl, Rankin County, 39208
Pearl Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pearl, Rankin County. The school has 1,001 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pearl Public School District school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 69.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pearl Junior High School enrolls 1,001 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 69.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 42% Black or African American and 7.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 434 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 416 | 42% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 7.4% |
| Two or more races | 66 | 6.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
998 of the school's 1,001 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 725 qualify for free lunch and 273 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pearl Junior High School 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 30, state house district 61.
Pearl Junior High School is one of 5 schools in Pearl Public Schools, based in PEARL, Mississippi. The district serves 4,258 students district-wide and employs 295 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,001 students, Pearl Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 852 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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