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If you could change one rule at ANNISTON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULFPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280171000268
Anniston Elementary
2314 Jones Street, Gulfport, MS 39507 · (228) 896-6309 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
481 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 62.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anniston Elementary
Anniston Elementary's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniston Elementary this school | 482 | 99.8% | 67.9% |
| Central Elementary Gulfport | 482 | 99.4% | 44.2% |
| H. W. Byers Elementary HOLLY SPRINGS | 262 | 98.9% | 39.6% |
| Bel-Aire Elementary Gulfport | 598 | 98.5% | 52.7% |
| Pass Road Elementary Gulfport | 377 | 99.7% | 63.2% |
| Three Rivers Elementary GULFPORT | 492 | 99.4% | 69.1% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anniston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #106 of 428 | #17 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #137 of 439 ▲ 2 | #17 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #117 of 439 ▲ 11 | #16 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #156 of 453 | #16 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #221 of 408 | #16 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #4 of 409 | #3 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #111 of 444 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #74 of 296 | #5 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
482
-87 (-15%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 640
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 482 | 31.8 | 15.2:1 | 100% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 40.6 | 11.8:1 | 99% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 41.3 | 13.0:1 | 100% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 36.4 | 17.6:1 | 69% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 64% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 67% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 65% (352) |
| 1990-91 | 640 | 29 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anniston Elementary.
About Anniston Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Gulfport, Mississippi, Anniston Elementary is part of Gulfport School District. A total of 482 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Anniston Elementary belongs to Gulfport School District, a district of 9 schools and 5,927 students.
Black students are the largest group at Anniston Elementary, with 35% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 35% White, 20% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Harrison County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Anniston Elementary comes in at 71%.
Teachers at the school number 31.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 15.9:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County, the school's rate is higher.
Anniston Elementary is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 67.9%, is 23.7 points above the 44.2% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Mississippi schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Harrison County show that median household income is about $59,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 55 public schools operate in Harrison County, serving about 30,521 students.
Gulfport High School is located about 1.5 miles from Anniston Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 65.2%, lower than Anniston Elementary's 67.9%.
Anniston Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Anniston Elementary had 569 students in 2020-21 and 482 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.8:1 to 15.2:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,891
Census ACS
Median income
$59,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
30,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gulfport School District
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Gulfport Central MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 482 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Gulfport High School1.5 mi · 1,702
- Pass Road Elementary2.0 mi · 377
- Harrison County Child Development Center2.1 mi · 77
- Bayou View Middle2.4 mi · 827
- Bayou View Elementary2.5 mi · 638
- Popp's Ferry Elementary School2.8 mi · 608
Frequently asked questions
About Anniston ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Anniston Elementary?
Anniston Elementary enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Anniston Elementary serve?
Anniston Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Anniston Elementary have?
Anniston Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Anniston Elementary?
Student demographics at Anniston Elementary are roughly 35% White, 20% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Anniston Elementary in?
Anniston Elementary is part of Gulfport School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.