Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCAGOULA-GAUTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280348000670
College Park Elementary
2617 Ladnier Rd, Gautier, MS 39553 · (228) 522-8829 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
223 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 | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (51).
Student demographics
69%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
47.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -16.2pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.0pp 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 42 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 44.7% |
% 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
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 College Park Elementary
College Park Elementary's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Park Elementary this school | 303 | 73.6% | 49.6% |
| DT Cox Elementary School Pontotoc | 354 | 72.9% | 68.0% |
| Nichols Elementary School Biloxi | 203 | 77.3% | 59.7% |
| Nicholson Elementary Picayune | 324 | 84.6% | 51.3% |
| Richland Elementary Richland | 369 | 78.9% | 67.2% |
| Richland Upper Elementary Richland | 480 | 77.9% | 59.6% |
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 College Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #267 of 428 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #287 of 439 ▼ 18 | #18 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #225 of 439 ▼ 106 | #18 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #324 of 453 | #17 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #95 of 408 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #13 of 409 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.6% | #295 of 444 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #167 of 296 | #9 of 14 |
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
303
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 303 | 22.6 | 13.4:1 | 74% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 26.9 | 11.7:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 27 | 10.1:1 | 100% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 25 | 12.3:1 | 100% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 26.5 | 13.1:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 80% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 75% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 55% (214) |
| 1990-91 | 653 | 34 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Park Elementary.
About College Park Elementary
College Park Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Gautier, Mississippi. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 303 students. Elementary schools in Mississippi average about 446 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
College Park Elementary falls under Pascagoula-Gautier School District, which has 17 schools enrolling 6,579 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at College Park Elementary is White, with 41% of students. Other groups make up 28% Black, 26% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Jackson County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, College Park Elementary scores 69%.
College Park Elementary reports a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher, from 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at College Park Elementary, 74% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jackson County is 59%.
College Park Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
College Park Elementary scores 49.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.4%.
Census data for Jackson County show median household income comes to about $66,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 46 public schools and about 22,712 students.
College Park Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Gautier Middle, its nearest public school. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, College Park Elementary is behind the 63.5% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 303, close to the 308 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.3:1 to 13.4:1.
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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 Gautier
- Gautier HighHigh · 900 students
- Gautier MiddleMiddle · 416 students
- Singing RiverMiddle · 416 students
- Martin BluffElementary · 410 students
- Gautier ElementaryElementary · 397 students
Other College Park Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named College Park Elementary. College Park Elementary is the 11th largest of the 12.
- COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 873 students
- College Park ElementaryLadson, SC · 750 students
- College Park Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 518 students
- College Park ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 496 students
- College Park ElementaryCollege Park, GA · 475 students
Nearby schools
- Gautier Middle0.8 mi · 416
- Gautier Elementary1.9 mi · 397
- Gautier High2.0 mi · 900
- Singing River2.1 mi · 416
- Martin Bluff3.3 mi · 410
- Ocean Springs High School4.4 mi · 1,928
Frequently asked questions
About College Park ElementaryHow many students attend College Park Elementary?
College Park Elementary enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-04.
Is College Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
College Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at College Park Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at College Park Elementary.
How diverse is College Park Elementary?
College Park Elementary reports a student body of 41% White, 26% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees College Park Elementary?
College Park Elementary is overseen by Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Jackson County.
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