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Enrollment
1,669
High
DISTRICT 712 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280063000053
Biloxi High School
1845 Tribe Drive, Biloxi, MS 39532 · (228) 435-6105 · Harrison County
GRADES 09–13HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,669 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 90% of Mississippi public high schools
- ATest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
899 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 435 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 456 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 421 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 356 | 21% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
61.2%
MS avg 45.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
86.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 86.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 84.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 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 Biloxi High School
Biloxi High School's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi High School this school | 1,669 | 53.9% | 75.9% |
| Oak Grove High School Hattiesburg | 1,750 | 52.1% | 75.7% |
| Oxford High School Oxford | 1,335 | 45.2% | 73.5% |
| New Albany High School New Albany | 605 | 53.1% | 70.3% |
| Tupelo High School Tupelo | 2,123 | 61.5% | 64.6% |
| Gulfport High School Gulfport | 1,702 | 55.7% | 71.4% |
Matched among Mississippi high 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 Biloxi High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #24 of 192 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #16 of 199 ▼ 5 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #38 of 199 ▼ 1 | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,669 | #8 of 203 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #170 of 192 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #2 of 192 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #158 of 194 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #112 of 121 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,669
-73 (-4%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,595
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,669 | 107 | 15.6:1 | 54% (899) |
| 2023-24 | 1,697 | 108.7 | 15.6:1 | 53% (906) |
| 2022-23 | 1,728 | 110 | 15.7:1 | 100% (1,725) |
| 2020-21 | 1,742 | 106 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,739) |
| 2017-18 | 1,699 | 101.1 | 16.8:1 | 55% (932) |
| 2015-16 | 1,561 | 103 | 15.2:1 | 59% (918) |
| 2010-11 | 1,446 | 72 | 20.1:1 | 59% (847) |
| 2000-01 | 1,104 | 82 | 13.5:1 | 63% (693) |
| 1990-91 | 1,595 | 81 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Biloxi High School.
About Biloxi High School
Among the schools in Biloxi, Mississippi, is Biloxi High School, a large high school. The school's enrollment of 1,669 students covers grades 9 through 13. Enrollment is 156% higher than the average for high schools in Mississippi, which is about 651.
BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for Biloxi High School. It runs 8 schools with 5,699 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Biloxi High School. The largest is White students, at 42%. It is also 33% Black, 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Harrison County is roughly 62% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Biloxi High School is 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. About 54% of students, or 899, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Harrison County averages 74%, higher than here.
Measured against Mississippi public high schools, Biloxi High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Biloxi High School are 8.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (75.9% actual, 67.3% predicted).
Biloxi High School is located in Harrison County, where the median household income is $59,479, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides Biloxi High School, Harrison County has 54 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Biloxi Junior High School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Biloxi High School. On proficiency, Biloxi High School is ahead of the 63.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Biloxi High School's enrollment dropped from 1,742 in 2020-21 to 1,669 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Biloxi High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Popp's Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Back Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Gorenflo Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other schools in Biloxi
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Biloxi Junior High School0.2 mi · 863
- North Bay Elementary School0.6 mi · 658
- Back Bay Elementary School1.9 mi · 528
- D'Iberville Elementary1.9 mi · 367
- Popp's Ferry Elementary School2.4 mi · 608
- Biloxi Upper Elementary School2.9 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About Biloxi High SchoolHow large is Biloxi High School?
Biloxi High School enrolls approximately 1,669 students in grades 09-13.
What age range does Biloxi High School serve?
Biloxi High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Biloxi High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Biloxi High School is approximately 15.6:1 (107 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Biloxi High School?
At Biloxi High School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 18% Hispanic, 33% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Biloxi High School public or private?
Biloxi High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.