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The Mize handbook

Living in Mize, MS: what to set up and who to call

Tap water in Mize comes from the Town of Mize water system, which has a clean five-year EPA record (about 22% of systems its size had a health-based violation) and a latest lead result of 0.6 ppb. Children in Mize attend Smith County School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Mize, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Mize.

Electricity

Power comes from Entergy Mississippi

Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Mississippi LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Mize. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $168 a month (its average across Mississippi).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Town of Mize water system

The Town of Mize water system supplies Mize: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 6% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 568 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile0.6 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2021–Dec 2023, was 0.6 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 56% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. MS0650004.

Internet

4 home internet providers serve Mize

100% of 154 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 75% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
TEC of JacksonFiber77%1,000/1,000
AT&TDSL, Fixed wireless75%25/3
C SpireFixed wireless100%100/20
T-MobileFixed wireless66%100/20

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Mize’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Mize.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Mize kids go to
PK–12Mize Attendance CenterSmith County School District

Mize is in Smith County School District.

Test scores and every school: see Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Mize is in ZIP code 39116

ZIP codes where Mize residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of MizeZIP’s residents in Mize
39116Mize, MS100%14%
Area code601Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Mize

Who supplies Mize’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Town of Mize water system (EPA ID MS0650004). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.6 ppb (Jan 2021–Dec 2023), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Mize?

Entergy Mississippi (Entergy Mississippi LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Mize?

TEC of Jackson, AT&T, C Spire, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Mize?

39116. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Mize in?

Smith County School District.

How do I register to vote in Mize?

Mississippi has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Smith County Registrar. Check your registration at msegov.com.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.