College Park Elementary

College Park Elementary, a small elementary campus in Gautier, Mississippi, run under Pascagoula-Gautier School District, caters to 303 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so College Park Elementary sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 17 schools in Pascagoula-Gautier School District (6,579 students total), College Park Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, College Park Elementary logs that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, On paper, College Park Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting College Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at College Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), College Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.4%; this one delivers 49.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for Jackson County shows median household income runs about $66,201, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jackson County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students), College Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Gautier Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around College Park Elementary.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 347 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 11% to 26%.

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