Summary:
The Perry County School District in Mississippi has only one middle school, Perry Central Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance across English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science compared to state averages. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students (98.61%) eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
Despite the relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.2, Perry Central Middle School's test scores remain well below the state averages. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rates ranged from 28.8% to 31.8%, compared to the state average of 39.7% to 42%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 39.4% to 50%, compared to the state average of 51.8% to 57.2%. In Science, the school's 8th-grade proficiency rate was 46.9%, compared to the state average of 59.1%. This suggests that the school may be facing challenges in effectively allocating its resources or implementing effective instructional strategies to support student learning.
With only one middle school in the district, it is difficult to make meaningful comparisons within the Perry County School District. Expanding the data set to include other schools in the district or the surrounding region would provide more context and insights. However, the available data indicates that Perry Central Middle School is struggling to provide a high-quality education to its predominantly economically disadvantaged student population, and further analysis and investigation would be necessary to identify the root causes of these issues and develop targeted strategies for improvement.
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