Beach Elementary

As an one-room-style elementary campus in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Beach Elementary educates 100 students from grades K through 4, run under Pascagoula-Gautier School District. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 446.

Pascagoula-Gautier School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 6,579 students. Beach Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beach Elementary records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 10% Black, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $66,201, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jackson County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students), of which Beach Elementary is one.

Trent Lott is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 98 students in 2018 compared to 100 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 80% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.