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What's something GULFPORT HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,702
High
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULFPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280171000276
Gulfport High School
100 Perry Street, Gulfport, MS 39507 · (228) 896-7525 · Harrison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,702 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Mississippi public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
135 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
948 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 489 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 410 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 367 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 436 | 26% |
Student demographics
61%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
64.9%
MS avg 45.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
80.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 80.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 80.4% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 High School
Gulfport High School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport High School this school | 1,702 | 55.7% | 71.4% |
| Pearl High School PEARL | 1,278 | 58.0% | 66.9% |
| Tupelo High School Tupelo | 2,123 | 61.5% | 64.6% |
| Olive Branch High School Olive Branch | 1,058 | 51.6% | 73.2% |
| Southaven High School SOUTHAVEN | 1,876 | 55.5% | 55.5% |
| West Harrison High Gulfport | 1,216 | 64.7% | 83.3% |
Matched among Mississippi high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #42 of 192 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #37 of 199 ▼ 7 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #25 of 199 ▼ 1 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,702 | #7 of 203 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #87 of 192 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #27 of 192 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #153 of 194 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #36 of 63 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,702
-63 (-4%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,132
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 1,702 | 135.4 | 12.6:1 | 56% (948) |
| 2023-24 | 1,742 | 102.7 | 17.0:1 | 61% (1,065) |
| 2022-23 | 1,728 | 99.9 | 17.3:1 | 100% (1,725) |
| 2020-21 | 1,765 | 84 | 21.0:1 | 100% (1,762) |
| 2017-18 | 1,591 | 86.9 | 18.3:1 | 64% (1,013) |
| 2015-16 | 1,473 | 88 | 16.7:1 | 65% (962) |
| 2010-11 | 1,575 | 102 | 15.4:1 | 66% (1,042) |
| 2000-01 | 1,774 | 102 | 17.4:1 | 65% (1,154) |
| 1990-91 | 1,132 | 70 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gulfport High School.
About Gulfport High School
Gulfport High School is one of the public schools in Gulfport, Mississippi. It is a high-enrollment high school. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,702 students. It has 161% more students than the average for high schools in Mississippi (about 651).
Federal data list 9 schools in Gulfport School District, with 5,927 students enrolled.
About 50% of the student body at Gulfport High School is Black. Enrollment also includes 35% White, 10% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Harrison County, the Black share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
Classroom staffing at Gulfport High School totals 135.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Gulfport High School is about 56%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Harrison County is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Gulfport High School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Mississippi public high schools.
A school with Gulfport High School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 66.4%. Gulfport High School scores 71.4%, 5.0 points above that line.
Looking at the county, Harrison County, the median household earns about $59,479 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Gulfport High School, Harrison County has 55 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Gulfport High School is closest to Pass Road Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Gulfport High School is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Gulfport High School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
In 2020-21, Gulfport High School enrolled 1,765 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,702. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Gulfport High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Gulfport Central MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- West ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Anniston ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 482 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- 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
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Pass Road Elementary0.5 mi · 377
- Harrison County Child Development Center0.6 mi · 77
- Bayou View Middle1.3 mi · 827
- Anniston Elementary1.5 mi · 482
- Bayou View Elementary1.6 mi · 638
- Central Elementary1.7 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Gulfport High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gulfport High School?
Gulfport High School enrolls approximately 1,702 students in grades 09-12.
Is Gulfport High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gulfport High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Gulfport High School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Gulfport High School.
What is the student diversity at Gulfport High School?
Student demographics at Gulfport High School are roughly 35% White, 10% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Gulfport High School in?
Gulfport High School is part of Gulfport School District.
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