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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280351000682
DeLisle Elementary School
6303 W WITTMAN ROAD, PASS CHRISTIAN, MS 39571 · (228) 255-6219 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
232 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pass Christian School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
66.5%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
68.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.0pp 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 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.5% | 68.5% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 68.5% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 DeLisle Elementary School
DeLisle Elementary School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeLisle Elementary School this school | 400 | 58.0% | 70.1% |
| Purvis Upper Elementary Purvis | 377 | 54.6% | 56.4% |
| Purvis Lower Elementary Purvis | 448 | 54.2% | 57.1% |
| Poplarville Lower Elementary POPLARVILLE | 521 | 58.7% | 65.8% |
| Perkinston Elementary School Perkinston | 503 | 60.4% | 68.5% |
| Hamilton School HAMILTON | 557 | 60.0% | 68.3% |
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 DeLisle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #83 of 428 | #14 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #90 of 439 ▲ 9 | #12 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #61 of 439 ▲ 39 | #11 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #225 of 453 | #21 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #99 of 408 | #5 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #208 of 409 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.0% | #383 of 444 | #27 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #243 of 296 | #21 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
400
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 400 | 29.5 | 13.6:1 | 58% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 36.8 | 11.5:1 | 54% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 39.4 | 11.8:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 99% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 27.5 | 15.3:1 | 59% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 61% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 69% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 61% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 217 | 14 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DeLisle Elementary School.
About DeLisle Elementary School
DeLisle Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in PASS CHRISTIAN, Mississippi, (ZIP code 39571). Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 400 students on the rolls.
Pass Christian School District includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,768 students.
The largest group at DeLisle Elementary School is White students, at 73%. Smaller groups are 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 62% of Harrison County residents are White. The diversity index for DeLisle Elementary School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at DeLisle Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.6:1. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. By family income, 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County.
On the allk12 Grade, DeLisle Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
In Mississippi, DeLisle Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 70.1% actual against a predicted 65.2%.
In the surrounding county, Harrison County, the median household earns about $59,479 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting DeLisle Elementary School, Harrison County has 55 public schools.
Pineville Elementary is about 3.3 miles from DeLisle Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around DeLisle Elementary School holds 4 other public schools. DeLisle Elementary School comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, DeLisle Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 400, compared with 446 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 16.5 in 2020-21 to 13.6 in 2024-25.
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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 Pass Christian School District
- Pass Christian High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Pass Christian Middle SchoolMiddle · 384 students
- Pass Christian Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other schools in PASS CHRISTIAN
- Pass Christian High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- Pass Christian Middle SchoolMiddle · 384 students
- Pass Christian Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Pineville ElementaryElementary · 157 students
Nearby schools
- Pineville Elementary3.3 mi · 157
- Pass Christian High School4.0 mi · 606
- Pass Christian Elementary School4.4 mi · 378
- Pass Christian Middle School4.4 mi · 384
- Reeves Elementary5.9 mi · 453
- West Harrison High5.9 mi · 1,216
Frequently asked questions
About DeLisle Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at DeLisle Elementary School?
DeLisle Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
Is DeLisle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
DeLisle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DeLisle Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DeLisle Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DeLisle Elementary School?
At DeLisle Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 3% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Two or more.
Is DeLisle Elementary School public or private?
DeLisle Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pass Christian School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.