Enrollment
245
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCAGOULA-GAUTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280348000668
Central Elementary
1100 Dupont Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567 · (228) 938-6559 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
195 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (42).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
61.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.4pp 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 63 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 60.3% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 (62.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary this school | 245 | 79.6% | 62.5% |
| Cherokee Elementary Pascagoula | 206 | 74.3% | 58.9% |
| Nichols Elementary School Biloxi | 203 | 77.3% | 59.7% |
| Gautier Elementary Gautier | 397 | 81.6% | 61.6% |
| Rankin Elementary School Tupelo | 375 | 71.7% | 63.2% |
| Martin Bluff Gautier | 410 | 71.7% | 60.3% |
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 Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #148 of 428 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #131 of 439 ▲ 24 | #11 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #109 of 439 ▼ 7 | #9 of 21 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #376 of 453 | #18 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #83 of 408 | #3 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #53 of 409 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #252 of 444 | #6 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #72 of 90 | #5 of 6 |
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
245
+50 (+26%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 245 | 18.4 | 13.3:1 | 80% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 20.6 | 10.6:1 | 100% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 20.4 | 11.0:1 | 100% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 195 | 19 | 10.3:1 | 100% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 100% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 88% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 83% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 55% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 247 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 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 low-enrollment elementary school for students in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The school enrolls 245 students in pre-K through 4. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average enrollment is about 446.
Pascagoula-Gautier School District, which runs Central Elementary, has 17 schools and 6,579 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Central Elementary is Black, with 50% of students. The next largest groups are 29% White, 16% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The school's Black share is 31 points above the 19% share among Jackson County residents. The diversity index for Central Elementary is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Central Elementary lists 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 2.6 students per teacher. About 80% of students at Central Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Jackson County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
Central Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Central Elementary is 8.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (62.5% versus 54.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
In Jackson County, home to about 145,249 people, median household income comes to about $66,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Jackson County's 46 public schools enroll about 22,712 students and include Central Elementary.
Central Elementary's nearest public school is Trent Lott (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.9%; Central Elementary's is 62.5%, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
Enrollment was 245 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 195. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 10.3:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pascagoula-Gautier School District
- Pascagoula HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Gautier HighHigh · 900 students
- William M Colmer MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Trent LottMiddle · 524 students
- Gautier MiddleMiddle · 416 students
- Singing RiverMiddle · 416 students
Other schools in Pascagoula
- Pascagoula HighHigh · 1,127 students
- William M Colmer MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Trent LottMiddle · 524 students
- Eastlawn ElemElementary · 337 students
- Arlington ElemElementary · 333 students
- Cherokee ElementaryElementary · 206 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary is the 130th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolOxford, MS · 709 students
- Central Elementary SchoolLUCEDALE, MS · 660 students
- Central ElementaryGulfport, MS · 482 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
- CENTRAL ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 865 students
Nearby schools
- Trent Lott0.2 mi · 524
- Pascagoula High0.4 mi · 1,127
- Beach Elementary1.1 mi · 100
- Eastlawn Elem1.2 mi · 337
- Lake Elem1.2 mi · 96
- William M Colmer Middle1.5 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About Central ElementaryHow large is Central Elementary?
Central Elementary enrolls approximately 245 students in grades PK-04.
Is Central Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Central Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Central Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Central Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Central Elementary?
At Central Elementary, the student body is approximately 29% White, 16% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary?
Central Elementary is overseen by Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.