Southaven Middle School

Southaven Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 6-8
899 Rasco Rd W,  Southaven, MS
DeSoto County School District
2.5
2.6
1,456 Students
B-
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School Details

Head of School
John Sartain
Student Teacher Ratio
16:1
Math Proficiency
34%
Reading Proficiency
26%

Niche Grade

B-
Academics
C+
Teachers
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Academics
Reading Proficiency
26%
Math Proficiency
34%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
16:1
Teachers
89
Full Time Teachers
89
Teachers in First or Second Year
13%

GreatSchools Rating

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Test Scores

Math
9.6%
State Average
7.9%
Science
11%
State Average
11.1%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
354:1

Student Diversity

Male
54.9%
Female
45.1%
Black
57.9%
White
20.7%
Two or more races
10%
Hispanic
9.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander
1.2%
Native American
<1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
2.5 20 Reviews
1.0 Middle School Student
10/23/2019
I go to school here and it's just crazy. My food is disgusting. Fried fish and corn bread. It smells horrible and looks gross. There was hair in it once. The basketball team sucks. The soccer team is alright. The swim team is halfway decent.
3.0 Alum
8/18/2019
This overall school needs to be taken over by the state. There is no help for this poor school. This environment is awful. There are no standards. Worst educational quality. Kids jump on tables. They throw books out the windows. When reported teachers get told it is their fault. The kids fight in the bathrooms. Then teachers get blamed for not calling parents. If you call parents the parents cuss and scream. It is a never ending cycle at this school. Administration cuss out teachers and start rumors about teachers personal lives. Just do NOT work here or send your kid here. It's awful.
3.0 Middle School Student
8/9/2019
This is an amazing school with great food it even has mold served on it. This is my second day at this school and I know it is going to be an awful year. I have gotten yelled at four times for not having a pencil. This is the worst school I have ever been to. I just want to go home every minute. Fyi they do NOT let you join the basket ball team either.
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2.6 10 Reviews
5.0 student
11/11/2023
this is a good school the teachers are good the principal are good this school could be better if there wasn’t all whole lot of fights and gangs !!
1.0 other
1/14/2022
We saw online that they have asked young girls to wear shape ware which is the nastiest thing I have ever seen do not go to Southaven, Mississippi do not
2.0 other
3/7/2017
Far too many staff members are extremely rude and disrespectful to students, and come across as unprofessional. Some teachers are good as with any school, but not many. Main focus here seems to be test scores and the children being respectful to adults that are not respectful to them. Many adults al...
4.0 other
4/1/2014
my school is southaven middle school and i moved to this school from Denver colorado being on the iside of this school i know what goes on. there is great dicipline and most of the teachers try there best to help every child succed. they do not tolerate bad behavior and try to get to each and every...

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