Gautier High

Gautier High is a middle-of-the-pack high school in Gautier, Mississippi, overseen by Pascagoula-Gautier School District. The school hosts 900 students in grades 9 through 13. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 651 students each, so Gautier High sits 38% above that benchmark.

Within Pascagoula-Gautier School District, which oversees 17 schools and 6,579 students, Gautier High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Gautier High reports that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 32% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Gautier High has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, Jackson County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,201, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Gautier High is one of 46 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students).

Nearest neighbor: Singing River, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Gautier High.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Gautier High's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 873 (now 900). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 11% to 20%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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