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Petal Middle School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
203 East Central Avenue
Petal, MS 39465
Phone
(601) 584-6301
District
PETAL SCHOOL DIST
County
FORREST COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
745
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

10

(10 is best)

Better than 92.2% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Petal Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
63%
42%
55%
38%
71%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
66%
40%
56%
34%
76%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 355 47.7%
Grade 8 383 51.4%
Total 745 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.0% 74.4% 44.6%
Black 20.1% 18.8% 48.4%
Hispanic 7.8% 6.0% 5.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.6% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.6% 99.7% 99.7%
Free lunch eligible 62.1% 58.7% 73.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 37.4% 41.0% 25.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 21,297 2,940,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 227.3 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.4% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.0% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.9% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 7,395 1,121,269
Single Parent Households With Children 9.9% 10.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.1% 86.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 26.0% 23.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.9% 10.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 13.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.2% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.8% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.0% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.4% 16.0%
$15,000 or less 7.8% 13.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,169 $22,703,000 55.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $459 $2,018,000 4.9%
Staff $164 $720,000 1.7%
General Administration $281 $1,236,000 3.0%
School Administration $502 $2,205,000 5.3%
Operation $788 $3,461,000 8.4%
Transportation $395 $1,734,000 4.2%
Other $433 $1,903,000 4.6%
Total Support $3,023 $13,277,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,207 $5,303,000 12.8%
Total Expenditures $9,400 $41,283,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,827 $2,577,379,000 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $580 $256,641,000 4.9%
Staff $465 $205,614,000 3.9%
General Administration $349 $154,231,000 2.9%
School Administration $612 $270,616,000 5.1%
Operation $1,057 $467,711,000 8.8%
Transportation $426 $188,522,000 3.6%
Other $289 $127,751,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,778 $1,671,086,000 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,355 $1,041,743,000 19.7%
Total Expenditures $11,960 $5,290,208,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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