Total enrollment
5,699
-253 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
10 schools in BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
Mississippi · 5,699 students · 2 cities
In Mississippi's BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, public K-12 schools total 10 and serve approximately 5,699 students (an average of 570 per school).
4-year change in BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
8
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Mississippi | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #23 of 126 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,699 | #15 of 136 | #1,680 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #20 of 136 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #128 of 136 | #6,687 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 62.4% | #111 of 135 | #2,607 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #1 of 105 | #315 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from Biloxi High School at 75.9% proficient to Popp's Ferry Elementary School at 50.1%, a gap of 25.8 points. That is the 32nd widest gap among 92 Mississippi districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi High School | Biloxi | High | 09-13 | 1,669 |
| Biloxi Junior High School | Biloxi | Middle | 07-08 | 863 |
| Biloxi Upper Elementary School | Biloxi | Middle | 05-06 | 844 |
| North Bay Elementary School | Biloxi | Elementary | KG-04 | 658 |
| Popp's Ferry Elementary School | Biloxi | Elementary | KG-04 | 608 |
| Back Bay Elementary School | Biloxi | Elementary | KG-04 | 528 |
| Gorenflo Elementary School | Biloxi | Elementary | 01-04 | 326 |
| Nichols Elementary School | Biloxi | Elementary | PK-KG | 203 |
| LOPEZ SCHOOL | Biloxi | Combined | KG-12 | 0 |
| R D BROWN VOC CENTER | Biloxi | High | 09-12 | 0 |
About BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT maintains 10 public schools across Mississippi, collectively enrolling roughly 5,699 students.
On the school-mix side, BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT is built around 5 elementary, 2 middle, 2 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 570 in this district, higher than the Mississippi typical of 498.
Looking at the last 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 5,699 students, shrank 4% from the 5,952 reported in SY 2020-21.
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