Biloxi Upper Elementary School

Biloxi Upper Elementary School is one of the high-enrollment middle schools in Biloxi, Mississippi, overseen by BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 844 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 87% bigger than the state mean of about 452.

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

Demographically, Biloxi Upper Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Biloxi Upper Elementary School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Biloxi Upper Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harrison County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household income runs about $59,479, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harrison County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,521 students), of which Biloxi Upper Elementary School is one.

Back Bay Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 938 students in 2018 compared to 844 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 37% over that span.

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