Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177000291
Lizana Elementary
15341 LIZANA SCHOOL ROAD, GULFPORT, MS 39503 · (228) 832-1592 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
292 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
20%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
81.0%
MS avg 45.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
86.3%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 91.3% |
% 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
86.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% 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 29 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 Lizana Elementary
Lizana Elementary's state test result (86.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lizana Elementary this school | 393 | 74.3% | 86.3% |
| Burnsville Elementary School Burnsville | 410 | 74.4% | 42.8% |
| West Hancock Elementary Picayune | 349 | 75.1% | 72.6% |
| Alcorn Central Elementary School GLEN | 510 | 71.8% | 58.3% |
| Saucier Elementary SAUCIER | 325 | 68.6% | 76.0% |
| Hancock North Central School Kiln | 404 | 69.8% | 76.5% |
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 Lizana Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #6 of 428 | #2 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #6 of 439 ▼ 4 | #1 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #12 of 439 ▲ 44 | #2 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #233 of 453 | #22 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #296 of 408 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #336 of 409 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.3% | #289 of 444 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #117 of 296 | #12 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
393
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 393 | 24.1 | 16.3:1 | 74% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 25.2 | 15.2:1 | 71% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 25.2 | 15.2:1 | 99% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 99% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 28.6 | 16.9:1 | 68% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 75% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 73% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 55% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lizana Elementary.
About Lizana Elementary
Lizana Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in GULFPORT, Mississippi. The school has 393 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Harrison County School District counts 14,253 students in its 22 schools, and Lizana Elementary is one of them.
At Lizana Elementary, 89% of students are White. The school is also 5% Black and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 62% White share among all Harrison County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
Teacher count: 24.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.3:1. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. The figure for public schools in Harrison County is close, at 74%.
Lizana Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 99% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Schools in Mississippi with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 57.0%. Lizana Elementary posts 86.3%, 29.3 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Harrison County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $59,479, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,521, Lizana Elementary among them.
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School sits about 5.0 miles from Lizana Elementary. Lizana Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools with test data average 73.0% proficiency; Lizana Elementary posts 86.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 369 to 393. The school's ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lizana Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle School5.0 mi · 844
- West Harrison Middle5.2 mi · 650
- West Harrison High5.7 mi · 1,216
- Lyman Elementary7.5 mi · 524
- Harrison Central High8.0 mi · 1,483
- Orange Grove Elementary8.8 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Lizana ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Lizana Elementary?
Lizana Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Lizana Elementary serve?
Lizana Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Lizana Elementary have?
Lizana Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lizana Elementary?
At Lizana Elementary, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees Lizana Elementary?
Lizana Elementary is overseen by Harrison County School District in Harrison County.
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