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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177000287
Harrison Central Elementary
15451 Dedeaux Road, Gulfport, MS 39503 · (228) 832-2701 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
355 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 27% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
73.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 | 73.9% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 74.5% | 72.6% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% 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 16 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 →
Schools most like Harrison Central Elementary
Harrison Central Elementary's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Central Elementary this school | 465 | 76.3% | 72.3% |
| Pass Christian Elementary School Pass Christian | 378 | 72.8% | 68.8% |
| Joyner Elementary School Tupelo | 444 | 71.8% | 55.9% |
| Parkway Elementary School Tupelo | 418 | 74.9% | 55.3% |
| West Side Elementary Picayune | 444 | 74.1% | 50.8% |
| Rankin Elementary School Tupelo | 375 | 71.7% | 63.2% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary 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 Harrison Central Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #64 of 428 | #10 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #97 of 439 ▼ 32 | #13 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #24 of 439 ▲ 20 | #5 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #171 of 453 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #342 of 408 | #24 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #24 of 409 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #273 of 444 | #16 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #70 of 296 | #4 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
465
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 860
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 465 | 27.4 | 16.9:1 | 76% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 30.8 | 16.3:1 | 76% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 29.6 | 15.9:1 | 99% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 99% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 621 | 32.4 | 19.2:1 | 80% (495) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 82% (536) |
| 2010-11 | 602 | 28 | 21.5:1 | 73% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 803 | 45 | 17.8:1 | 55% (445) |
| 1990-91 | 860 | 40 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrison Central Elementary.
About Harrison Central Elementary
At 15451 Dedeaux Road in Gulfport, Mississippi, Harrison Central Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 465 students in kindergarten through 3.
Harrison County School District enrolls 14,253 students in 22 schools, including Harrison Central Elementary.
Harrison Central Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 40%. Other students are 39% White, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Harrison County residents are about 24% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Harrison Central Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
With 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Harrison Central Elementary was 16.9:1. Among elementary schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 15.9:1. Harrison Central Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 76%. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County.
allk12 grades Harrison Central Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Harrison Central Elementary beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 16.3 points (72.3% versus 56.0%), a top-10% result in Mississippi on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Harrison County show that median household income is about $59,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 55 public schools operate in Harrison County, serving about 30,521 students.
Nearby, Orange Grove Elementary is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Harrison Central Elementary is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for Harrison Central Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 465, 4% below the 486 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 16.9 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
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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 Harrison County School District
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 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
Other Harrison Central Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Harrison Central Elementary. Harrison Central Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Harrison Central Elementary SchoolCadiz, OH · 773 students
Nearby schools
- Orange Grove Elementary0.3 mi · 346
- Bel-Aire Elementary1.0 mi · 598
- Crossroads Elementary1.1 mi · 547
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL2.9 mi · 921
- Lyman Elementary3.0 mi · 524
- Three Rivers Elementary3.1 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Harrison Central ElementaryHow large is Harrison Central Elementary?
Harrison Central Elementary enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Harrison Central Elementary serve?
Harrison Central Elementary serves grades KG-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrison Central Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrison Central Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrison Central Elementary?
At Harrison Central Elementary, the student body is approximately 39% White, 10% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Harrison Central Elementary public or private?
Harrison Central Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.