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%.

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.