📍 1009 Varsity Drive, Tupelo, Lee County, 38801
Tupelo Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tupelo, Lee County. The school has 1,080 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tupelo Public School Dist school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 79.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. 40% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tupelo Middle School enrolls 1,080 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 79.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 35% White and 7.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 536 | 50% |
| White | 381 | 35% |
| Two or more races | 81 | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 6% |
| Asian | 17 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,077 of the school's 1,080 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 674 qualify for free lunch and 403 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tupelo Middle 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-10, state senate district 7, state house district 16.
Tupelo Middle School is one of 14 schools in Tupelo Public School District, based in Tupelo, Mississippi. The district serves 7,192 students district-wide and employs 588 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,080 students, Tupelo Middle School is larger than the district average of about 514 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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