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Enrollment
863
Middle
DISTRICT 854 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280063001107
Biloxi Junior High School
1921 Tribe Drive, Biloxi, MS 39532 · (228) 435-1421 · Harrison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL863 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 94% of Mississippi public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
547 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 401 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 462 | 54% |
Student demographics
71%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.1%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
75.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.1% | 76.8% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Junior High School
Biloxi Junior High School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi Junior High School this school | 863 | 63.4% | 69.9% |
| Biloxi Upper Elementary School Biloxi | 844 | 64.8% | 66.3% |
| Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg | 1,160 | 61.0% | 58.3% |
| New Albany Middle School New Albany | 470 | 63.2% | 61.0% |
| Tupelo Middle School Tupelo | 1,070 | 67.0% | 61.0% |
| Oxford Middle School Oxford | 667 | 48.3% | 61.8% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #18 of 176 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #7 of 181 ▲ 7 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #31 of 181 ▼ 5 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 863 | #17 of 186 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #141 of 163 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #3 of 164 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #147 of 184 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #88 of 119 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
863
-130 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,155
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 863 | 52.2 | 16.6:1 | 63% (547) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 61.4 | 14.3:1 | 60% (530) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 67.1 | 13.1:1 | 100% (878) |
| 2020-21 | 993 | 89 | 11.2:1 | 100% (990) |
| 2017-18 | 951 | 75.6 | 12.6:1 | 58% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 1,318 | 82 | 16.1:1 | 68% (897) |
| 2010-11 | 1,155 | 71 | 16.3:1 | 65% (749) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Biloxi Junior High School.
About Biloxi Junior High School
Biloxi Junior High School is a middle-grades school located in Biloxi, Mississippi, in Harrison County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 863 students in grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in Mississippi is about 452 students, so this school is 91% larger than average.
Biloxi Junior High School falls under BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 8 schools enrolling 5,699 students.
The most common group at Biloxi Junior High School is White students, at 38%. After that, the student body is 32% Black, 18% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Harrison County, the White share is about 62%. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Biloxi Junior High School's 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.6:1. That is higher than the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 63%. That is 11 points below the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County.
Measured against Mississippi public middle schools, Biloxi Junior 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.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Biloxi Junior High School would be expected to post about 62.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harrison County show that the median household income is $59,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 55 public schools in Harrison County, enrolling about 30,521 students in all.
Biloxi High School is the public school closest to Biloxi Junior High School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Biloxi Junior High School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 69.9% against a local average of 66.3%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment declined 13% from its 2020-21 level of 993. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.2:1 in 2020-21 to 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 1,669 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
- Biloxi High SchoolHigh · 1,669 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Biloxi High School0.2 mi · 1,669
- North Bay Elementary School0.5 mi · 658
- D'Iberville Elementary2.1 mi · 367
- Back Bay Elementary School2.2 mi · 528
- Popp's Ferry Elementary School2.4 mi · 608
- Biloxi Upper Elementary School3.1 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About Biloxi Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Biloxi Junior High School?
Biloxi Junior High School enrolls approximately 863 students in grades 07-08.
Is Biloxi Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Biloxi Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Biloxi Junior High School have?
Biloxi Junior High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
How diverse is Biloxi Junior High School?
Biloxi Junior High School reports a student body of 38% White, 18% Hispanic, 32% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Biloxi Junior High School?
Biloxi Junior High School is overseen by BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Harrison County.
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