Enrollment
367
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HATTIESBURG·NCES 280180000302
Grace Christian Elementary
2207 W 7TH STREET, HATTIESBURG, MS 39401 · (601) 583-0662 · Forrest County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL367 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
367 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Hattiesburg. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
61.4%
MS avg 52.8% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
367
-52 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.3:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
2%
was 0%
% Black
87%
was 97%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Grace Christian Elementary
Grace Christian Elementary is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, overseen by Hattiesburg, caters to 367 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within Hattiesburg, which oversees 8 schools and 3,918 students, Grace Christian Elementary is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Grace Christian Elementary records that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 8% multiracial. By comparison, Forrest County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Forrest County's rate of about 79%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Grace Christian Elementary sits in the top 10% of Mississippi schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 44.1%; actual is 66.9%, +22.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Forrest County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,640 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Forrest County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,857 students), of which Grace Christian Elementary is one.
Woodley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Grace Christian Elementary's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 367). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 97% to 87%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Forrest County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,272
Census ACS
Median income
$53,640
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,857 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hattiesburg
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Thames ElementaryElementary · 619 students
- N R Burger MiddleMiddle · 525 students
- Rowan ElementaryElementary · 425 students
- Woodley ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- Hawkins ElementaryElementary · 283 students
Other schools in HATTIESBURG
- Oak Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Oak Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,160 students
- Bellevue ElementaryElementary · 1,145 students
- Hattiesburg High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Longleaf ElementaryElementary · 787 students
- Oak Grove ElementaryElementary · 758 students
Nearby schools
- Woodley Elementary1.0 mi · 422
- Hattiesburg High School1.0 mi · 1,014
- Thames Elementary1.8 mi · 619
- Hawkins Elementary1.8 mi · 283
- Rowan Elementary2.5 mi · 425
- Hattiesburg STEAM Academy3.3 mi · 263
Frequently asked questions
About Grace Christian ElementaryHow large is Grace Christian Elementary?
Grace Christian Elementary enrolls approximately 367 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grace Christian Elementary serve?
Grace Christian Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Grace Christian Elementary?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Grace Christian Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grace Christian Elementary?
At Grace Christian Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Grace Christian Elementary public or private?
Grace Christian Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hattiesburg.
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