Lizana Elementary

Lizana Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in GULFPORT, Mississippi, overseen by Harrison County School District, with 393 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Harrison County School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 14,253 students; Lizana Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lizana Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Harrison County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Lizana Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Lizana Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.0%; Lizana Elementary posts 86.3%, +29.3 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household earnings sit near $59,479, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harrison County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,521 students), of which Lizana Elementary is one.

West Wortham Elementary and Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lizana Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 393).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.