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What's something CENTRAL ELEM does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULFPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280171000271
Central Elementary
1043 Pass Road, Gulfport, MS 39501 · (228) 865-4642 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
479 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
47.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.7% | 28.9% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Central Elementary
Central Elementary's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary this school | 482 | 99.4% | 44.2% |
| Bel-Aire Elementary Gulfport | 598 | 98.5% | 52.7% |
| Pass Road Elementary Gulfport | 377 | 99.7% | 63.2% |
| Crossroads Elementary Gulfport | 547 | 99.1% | 51.0% |
| Spann Elementary School Jackson | 433 | 100.0% | 46.2% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Crystal Springs | 482 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #313 of 428 | #29 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #378 of 439 ▼ 1 | #30 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #228 of 439 ▲ 54 | #27 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #157 of 453 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #59 of 408 | #2 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #74 of 409 | #12 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #142 of 444 | #8 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #294 of 296 | #24 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
482
+125 (+35%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 482 | 37.7 | 12.8:1 | 99% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 34.5 | 14.4:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 36.4 | 13.2:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 99% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 25.5 | 19.0:1 | 97% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 97% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 96% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 65% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 35 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary.
About Central Elementary
Central Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Gulfport, Mississippi. The school counted 482 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Besides Central Elementary, Gulfport School District runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 5,927 students.
The share of Black students at Central Elementary is 57%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Hispanic, 17% White, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Harrison County is about 24% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 37.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County is 25 points.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Central Elementary outscored 30%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Central Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (44.2%) and its predicted rate (44.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
Census data for Harrison County show the median household earns about $59,479 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Central Elementary, Harrison County has 55 public schools.
About 1.1 miles separate Central Elementary from the closest public school, Harrison County Child Development Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.5%; Central Elementary's is 44.2%, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Enrollment was 482 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 357.
The discussion board for Central Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Gulfport School District
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Gulfport Central MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Anniston ElementaryElementary · 482 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary is the 41st largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolOxford, MS · 709 students
- Central Elementary SchoolLUCEDALE, MS · 660 students
- Central ElementaryPascagoula, MS · 245 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
Nearby schools
- Harrison County Child Development Center1.1 mi · 77
- Pass Road Elementary1.3 mi · 377
- Bayou View Middle1.6 mi · 827
- Gulfport High School1.7 mi · 1,702
- Bayou View Elementary2.1 mi · 638
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL2.4 mi · 921
Frequently asked questions
About Central ElementaryHow large is Central Elementary?
Central Elementary enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-05.
Is Central Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Central Elementary have?
Central Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Central Elementary?
Central Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 17% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Central Elementary in?
Central Elementary is part of Gulfport School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.