menu

W.a. Higgins Middle School Academy

Serves grades 7 - 8

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more

School Overview

Address
1749 Chestnut Street
Clarksdale, MS 38614
Phone
(662) 627-8550
District
CLARKSDALE MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DIST
County
COAHOMA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
375
Classroom Teachers
46

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

1

(10 is best)

Better than 6.6% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

W.a. Higgins Middle School Academy Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
16%
42%
17%
39%
14%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
13%
41%
14%
36%
13%
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
8
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 168 44.8%
Grade 8 202 53.9%
Total 375 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 2.1% 1.9% 44.9%
Black 96.3% 96.8% 48.3%
Hispanic 1.3% 1.1% 4.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.2% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 99.6%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 99.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 15,124 2,940,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,088.0 61
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.1% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.4% 20.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 15.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 5,752 1,104,946
Single Parent Households With Children 18.0% 10.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 80.9% 85.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 19.1% 23.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 3.2% 8.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 5.0% 12.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.7% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.2% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.5% 18.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 21.9% 17.2%
$15,000 or less 27.6% 15.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,211 $11,954,034 38.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $572 $1,312,168 4.2%
Staff $1,368 $3,138,192 10.0%
General Administration $406 $931,364 3.0%
School Administration $629 $1,442,926 4.6%
Operation $1,095 $2,511,930 8.0%
Transportation $211 $484,034 1.5%
Other $194 $445,036 1.4%
Total Support $4,476 $10,267,944 32.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,007 $9,192,058 29.3%
Total Expenditures $13,694 $31,414,036 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,791 $2,571,482,498 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $243,578,641 4.8%
Staff $462 $205,231,515 4.0%
General Administration $345 $153,073,043 3.0%
School Administration $608 $270,083,878 5.3%
Operation $1,028 $456,579,060 8.9%
Transportation $455 $201,987,912 4.0%
Other $271 $120,561,198 2.4%
Total Support $3,718 $1,651,159,564 32.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,991 $884,119,624 17.3%
Total Expenditures $11,500 $5,106,741,850 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%