Gautier Middle

Gautier Middle, a mid-sized junior high in Gautier, Mississippi, operated by Pascagoula-Gautier School District, serves 416 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Pascagoula-Gautier School District comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 6,579 students; Gautier Middle is among them.

Demographically, Gautier Middle lists that the most-represented group is Black (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Gautier Middle has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 59%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,201, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students), Gautier Middle is one campus in the mix.

College Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Gautier Middle's enrollment has shrank 12% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 416). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 14% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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