Armstrong Junior High School
Public middle school, grade 8 · Starkville, Mississippi
Armstrong Junior High School in Starkville, Mississippi enrolled 358 students in 2024-25 with 34.8 full-time teachers, 10.3 students per teacher against the Mississippi middle-school median of 13.1. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it does not take part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 15% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 41% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Mississippi: 41.7% and 52.1%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 52% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 42%
750 students in 2022-23, 371 students in 2023-24, 358 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 60.3 to 34.8.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 750 | 60.3 | 12.4 |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 33.8 | 11.0 |
| 2024-25 | 358 | 34.8 | 10.3 |
10.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 95 of every 100 Mississippi middle schools
Among the 175 Mississippi middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.1; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
1 AP courses and one counselor per 381 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Armstrong Junior High School enrolled 761 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 135 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses1
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 381 of the 761 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions135
- Chronically absent28.9% (2022-23)
Who attends
70.1% of students were Black, 26.0% White, 2.8% Asian in 2024-25.
- Black70.1%
- White26.0%
- Asian2.8%
- Hispanic1.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Armstrong Junior High School scored proficient or above: 15% in reading in 2021-22 and 41% in math in 2022-23, against 41.7% in reading in 2021-22 and 52.1% in math in 2022-23 across Mississippi. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Mississippi, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 15% | 37% | 41.7% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 41% | 39% (2021-22) | 52.1% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Starkville
3 public middle schools in Starkville report 2024-25 enrollment; Armstrong Junior High School is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socsd/Msu Partnership Middle School | 646 | 12.4 | 57.7% |
| Armstrong Junior High School | 358 | 10.3 | 60.3% |
| Overstreet Elementary | 324 | 13.0 | 57.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Armstrong Junior High School
- Overstreet ElementaryThe nearest public middle school, 0.7 miles away: 324 students, 13.0 per teacher (2024-25).0.7 mi
- Socsd/Msu Partnership Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 2.2 miles away: 646 students, 12.4 per teacher (2024-25).2.2 mi
- Compare Armstrong Junior High School with Overstreet ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Starkville- Oktibbeha Cons Dist spends per student$13,106 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,106
- The largest public schools in MississippiArmstrong Junior High School is the number 101 by size of 176 Mississippi middle schools open in 2024-25.#101 of 176
- Mississippi schools by students per teacher10.3 students per teacher here against the Mississippi median of 13.1 for middle schools.10.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Armstrong Junior High School
How many students attend Armstrong Junior High School?
358 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 750 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Starkville, MS.What is the student-teacher ratio at Armstrong Junior High School?
10.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Mississippi median for middle schools is 13.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Armstrong Junior High School a Title I school?
Armstrong Junior High School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Armstrong Junior High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Armstrong Junior High School scored proficient or above: 15% in reading in 2021-22 and 41% in math in 2022-23, against 41.7% in reading in 2021-22 and 52.1% in math in 2022-23 across Mississippi. Mississippi's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Armstrong Junior High School in?
Starkville- Oktibbeha Cons Dist, NCES district ID 2800189. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 280018901453 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.