Biloxi Junior High School

As a big 6-8 campus in Biloxi, Mississippi, Biloxi Junior High School works with 863 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 452 students per school, that is 91% bigger than typical.

BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,699 students; Biloxi Junior High School is among them.

Demographically, Biloxi Junior High School reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Harrison County's rate of about 74%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household earnings sit near $59,479, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harrison County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,521 students), Biloxi Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Biloxi High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Biloxi Junior High School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Biloxi Junior High School has declined 9%, going from 951 students in 2018 to 863 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 38% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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