Desoto Central Middle School

Southaven, MS 38672

Phone: (662) 349-6660
District: Desoto Co School Dist

10

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 6-8 & ungraded • 1218 students

Desoto Central Middle School, located in Southaven, Mississippi, serves grades 6-8 & ungraded in the Desoto Co School Dist district. It is among the few public middle schools in Mississippi to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.

Desoto Central Middle School is a public school in the Desoto Co School Dist district located in Southaven, MS. As of 2012, the students are 70% White, non-Hispanic; 24.5% Black, non-Hispanic; 3% Asian/Pacific Islander; 2.4% Hispanic; and 0.2% Native American or Native Alaskan. 29.7% of students are participating in a free or reduced-price lunch program.

Student Ethnicities

Ethnicity School District State
White, non-Hispanic 70% 61% 46%
Black, non-Hispanic 24.5% 31% 50%
Asian/Pacific Islander 3% 2% 1%
Hispanic 2.4% 6% 3%
Native American or Native Alaskan 0.2% — —
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander — — —
Multiracial — — 1%

Student Subgroups

Subgroup School District State
Students participating in a free or reduced-price lunch program 29.7% 50% 71%
English learners — 3% 1%
# Name Type City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Harbor Town Neighborhood/Subdivision Memphis TN 16.4 mi
2 Oak Forest Neighborhood/Subdivision Memphis TN 20.4 mi
3 Daybreak Neighborhood/Subdivision Memphis TN 20.8 mi
4 Country Meadows Neighborhood/Subdivision Bartlett TN 21.3 mi
5 Rivercrest Neighborhood/Subdivision Memphis TN 23 mi
6 Oakwood Subdivision Neighborhood/Subdivision Lakeland TN 24.4 mi
7 Templeton Farms Neighborhood/Subdivision Atoka TN 33.9 mi
8 Blaydes Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Atoka TN 34.1 mi
9 Glenview Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Munford TN 36.5 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Desoto County Hernando MS 8.5 mi
2 Midtown Memphis Memphis TN 13.5 mi
3 Cordova Memphis TN 17.6 mi
4 Bartlett Bartlett TN 18.7 mi
5 Lakeland Lakeland TN 23.2 mi
6 Millington Millington TN 27.8 mi
7 Arlington Arlington TN 28.1 mi
8 Atoka Atoka TN 35.9 mi
Base Distance
Tennessee National Guard Memphis 8.7 mi.
NSA Mid South 28 mi.
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