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What do students at GULFPORT CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
568
Middle
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULFPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280171000272
Gulfport Central Middle
1310 42nd Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501 · (228) 870-1035 · Harrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Mississippi public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
567 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 192 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 203 | 36% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 47.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Gulfport Central Middle
Gulfport Central Middle's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport Central Middle this school | 568 | 99.8% | 47.0% |
| N R Burger Middle HATTIESBURG | 525 | 100.0% | 50.2% |
| Cleveland Central Middle School CLEVELAND | 423 | 99.5% | 32.8% |
| Kirksey Middle School Jackson | 389 | 100.0% | 34.4% |
| Peeples Middle School Jackson | 541 | 100.0% | 11.7% |
| Northwest Middle School Meridian | 484 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
Matched among Mississippi middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Gulfport Central Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #95 of 176 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #105 of 181 ▲ 2 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #84 of 181 ▲ 7 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #43 of 186 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #23 of 163 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #99 of 164 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #49 of 184 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #75 of 119 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
568
-65 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 568 | 49.4 | 11.5:1 | 100% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 47.7 | 12.4:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 54 | 11.7:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 45.3 | 14.2:1 | 97% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 96% (635) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 50 | 11.5:1 | 90% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 744 | 50 | 14.9:1 | 65% (484) |
| 1990-91 | 798 | 47 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gulfport Central Middle.
About Gulfport Central Middle
Gulfport Central Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Gulfport, Mississippi, (ZIP code 39501). Enrollment in 2024-25 was 568 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 452-student average for middle schools in Mississippi, enrollment here is 26% higher.
District-wide, Gulfport School District has 9 schools and 5,927 students.
Black students account for 76% of enrollment at Gulfport Central Middle. The remaining shares are 11% White, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Harrison County's population at about 24%. The chance that two students picked at random at Gulfport Central Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Federal staffing data show 49.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Gulfport Central Middle and a ratio of 11.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Mississippi is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Harrison County is 74%.
allk12 grades Gulfport Central Middle a B. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.2% at Gulfport Central Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.0%.
Gulfport Central Middle is located in Harrison County, where median household income is about $59,479, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 55 public schools in Harrison County, with a combined enrollment of about 30,521.
The nearest public school is West Elementary, at less than a tenth of a mile. Gulfport Central Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 62.1%, higher than Gulfport Central Middle's 47.0%.
Gulfport Central Middle falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Gulfport Central Middle saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Gulfport Central Middle community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,891
Census ACS
Median income
$59,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
30,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gulfport School District
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Anniston ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 482 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Nearby schools
- West Elementary0.1 mi · 492
- 28th Street Elementary1.5 mi · 359
- Long Beach High School2.3 mi · 895
- Long Beach Middle School2.4 mi · 475
- Central Elementary2.7 mi · 482
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL2.8 mi · 921
Frequently asked questions
About Gulfport Central MiddleHow large is Gulfport Central Middle?
Gulfport Central Middle enrolls approximately 568 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Gulfport Central Middle serve?
Gulfport Central Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gulfport Central Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gulfport Central Middle is approximately 11.5:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gulfport Central Middle?
Gulfport Central Middle reports a student body of 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Gulfport Central Middle?
Gulfport Central Middle is overseen by Gulfport School District in Harrison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.