Chastain Middle School (CMS) is a public, urban middle school that serves a racially and socio-economically diverse student population. The school was built in 1959 and has been fully accredited since 1972.
The school was named in honor of Mr. James Garvin Chastain Jr. 1892-1937. Chastain, the son of Baptist missionaries, spent his first 16 years in Matehuala, Mexico. He attended Mississippi Heights Academy at Blue Mountain. After graduating from Mississippi College in 1915, he became the superintendent of the high school in Derma. After World War I, he went to Eupora as superintendent and later became superintendent of Leland Consolidated School. In 1933, he became JPS superintendent. During his administration, the Jackson Municipal Boys' Band was organized and the Reserve Officer Training Corps was established at Central.
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