The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in Math. The lowest is 48% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Grenada Middle School
Grenada Middle School sits on Jones Road in the small city of Grenada, the county seat of Grenada County, Mississippi. It serves grades six through eight as part of the Grenada School District and draws from a community where manufacturing anchors the local economy. Publicly reported sources describe Grenada as a place with a traditional downtown square, a casual small-town rhythm, and an industrial base that has grown in recent years, most visibly through a major Milwaukee Tool expansion. Grenada Lake and Holly Springs National Forest sit nearby, giving the area outdoor recreation options that a family would notice.
The school enrolls a sizable middle-school population for a community of this size. Its student body is roughly balanced between Black and White students, with Black students forming the largest single group and a small scattering of other racial and ethnic backgrounds. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic context of the surrounding area. Housing values here run well below both the state and national benchmarks, though the local market has seen solid appreciation recently. By national standards, the price-to-income ratio points to relative affordability.
On state assessments through the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program, the school shows a real strength in mathematics, particularly in the younger grades. A strong majority of sixth graders reach proficiency, and that figure stays solid in seventh grade before easing to a narrower majority in eighth grade. The pattern is a decline across the grade levels, but the floor in math remains a majority in every grade tested. English language arts tells a harder story. Sixth-grade ELA proficiency sits just above the midpoint, then drops to just under half in seventh grade and falls further to well under half by eighth grade. Eighth-grade science results land at a modest majority proficient. The downward slope from sixth to eighth grade in both core subjects is something a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly to understand what supports are in place for students as they move toward high school.
The school does not have a graduation rate, and that is expected. It is a middle school serving grades six through eight, so the metric does not apply to this grade band. Participation rates for the state assessments were not reported in the data available. Information on special populations, including students with individualized education programs and English learners, was not available. We looked for details on discipline, course access, staffing ratios, and attendance and found little in the provided data, so those are left out rather than guessed. Program offerings and extracurricular activities were not included either, and no civil-rights data was supplied.
The Grenada School District is investing in this campus. A renovation of Grenada Middle School is underway, with completion planned for a future school year, according to publicly reported information. That construction will shape the daily experience of students here for a stretch, and it also signals a commitment to upgrading the facility. At the elementary level, the district recently reconfigured its two campuses to address overcrowding from rising kindergarten enrollment, which speaks to enrollment pressure moving through the pipeline toward the middle school in coming years.
For a family weighing this school, the academic picture is one of solid math performance with a softer literacy side. The surrounding community offers a low cost of living and a growing industrial job base, and the school district is actively putting capital into its buildings. The missing pieces in the data, especially around student support services and program offerings, are worth asking about directly.
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