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Enrollment
996
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177001585
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE
16121 Highway 15, Biloxi, MS 39530 · (228) 323-0222 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL996 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.4:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
605 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 115 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 113 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (113).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
67.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
75.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 77.5% |
% 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
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE this school | 996 | 60.7% | 77.1% |
| St. Martin Upper Elementary St. Martin | 600 | 65.5% | 61.1% |
| St. Martin East Elementary Ocean Springs | 704 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| Eastside Elementary School Clinton | 747 | 47.9% | 82.9% |
| Bramlett Elementary School Oxford | 715 | 53.6% | 74.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Clinton | 683 | 48.0% | 75.7% |
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 CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #35 of 428 | #7 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #48 of 439 ▼ 2 | #7 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #57 of 439 ▲ 14 | #10 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 996 | #16 of 453 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #310 of 408 | #20 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #45 of 409 | #11 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #373 of 444 | #25 of 30 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 996 | 60.8 | 16.4:1 | 61% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 1,006 | 58.2 | 17.3:1 | 64% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 979 | 55.5 | 17.6:1 | 100% (976) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE.
About CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is a large elementary school in Biloxi, Mississippi, (ZIP code 39530). Enrollment stands at 996 students, covering kindergarten through 8. It has 123% more students than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi (about 446).
Federal data list 22 schools in Harrison County School District, with 14,253 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is White: 51%. Enrollment also includes 28% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 5% Hispanic. The school's White share is 11 points below the 62% share among Harrison County residents. The diversity index for CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 60.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.4:1. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 61%. For comparison, public schools in Harrison County average 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE lands at A, ahead of 94% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is 13.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (77.1% versus 63.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
The school is in Harrison County, where median household income comes to about $59,479, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harrison County's 55 public schools enroll about 30,521 students and include CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE.
About 0.7 miles separate CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE from the closest public school, D'Iberville High. Other public schools within five miles: 2. CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
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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 Harrison County School District
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 844 students
Other schools in Biloxi
- Biloxi High SchoolHigh · 1,669 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- D'Iberville High0.7 mi · 1,478
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School4.0 mi · 851
- Woolmarket Elementary5.4 mi · 533
- North Bay Elementary School5.4 mi · 658
- D'Iberville Middle School5.5 mi · 503
- D'Iberville Elementary5.6 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEHow large is CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE?
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE enrolls approximately 996 students in grades KG-08.
Is CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is approximately 16.4:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE?
At CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 51% White, 5% Hispanic, 28% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE in?
CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE is part of Harrison County School District.
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