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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
475
Middle
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280267000519
Long Beach Middle School
204 N Cleveland Avenue, Long Beach, MS 39560 · (228) 864-3370 · Harrison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A+Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
278 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 7 | 239 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 50% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Long Beach Middle School→Long Beach High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Long Beach School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
74.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 74.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 78.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Long Beach Middle School
Long Beach Middle School's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach Middle School this school | 475 | 58.5% | 74.5% |
| Harper McCaughan Elementary Long Beach | 622 | 60.0% | 72.1% |
| Pass Christian Middle School Pass Christian | 384 | 64.1% | 66.7% |
| Guntown Middle School GUNTOWN | 674 | 51.9% | 54.8% |
| R.H. Long Booneville Middle School Booneville | 416 | 65.9% | 60.2% |
| Lafayette Middle School Oxford | 420 | 54.3% | 60.3% |
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 Long Beach Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #3 of 176 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #9 of 181 ▲ 1 | #2 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #15 of 181 ▼ 11 | #4 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #63 of 186 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #150 of 163 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #67 of 164 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.5% | #160 of 184 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #100 of 119 | #8 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
475
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 475 | 27.5 | 17.3:1 | 59% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 26.9 | 16.6:1 | 59% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 29.1 | 15.6:1 | 99% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 36 | 14.3:1 | 99% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 37.7 | 13.6:1 | 54% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 55% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 54% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 51 | 17.6:1 | 38% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | 44 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Long Beach Middle School.
About Long Beach Middle School
Long Beach Middle School is a medium-sized middle school found in Long Beach, Mississippi. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 475 students.
District-wide, Long Beach School District has 5 schools and 2,874 students.
White students are the majority at Long Beach Middle School, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups make up 15% Black, 13% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 17.3:1 comes from the school's 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.6 students per teacher above the 13.7:1 average for middle schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 59% in 2024-25. The 74% average for public schools in Harrison County is 15 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Long Beach Middle School is A+. Compared with Mississippi public middle schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Long Beach Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.5% is 9.6 points above the 65.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Harrison County residents, the median household income is $59,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Long Beach Middle School, Harrison County has 54 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, Long Beach High School, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 66.3%; Long Beach Middle School's is 74.5%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Long Beach Middle School is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 41 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.3:1 to 17.3:1.
Community posts for Long Beach Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Long Beach School District
- Long Beach High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Harper McCaughan ElementaryMiddle · 622 students
- Reeves ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Quarles ElementaryElementary · 429 students
Other schools in Long Beach
- Long Beach High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Harper McCaughan ElementaryMiddle · 622 students
- Reeves ElementaryElementary · 453 students
- Quarles ElementaryElementary · 429 students
Other Long Beach Middle schools
One other US public school is named Long Beach Middle. Long Beach Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- LONG BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOLLONG BEACH, NY · 664 students
Nearby schools
- Long Beach High School0.3 mi · 895
- Harper McCaughan Elementary0.9 mi · 622
- Quarles Elementary1.4 mi · 429
- Reeves Elementary1.9 mi · 453
- Gulfport Central Middle2.4 mi · 568
- West Elementary2.5 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Long Beach Middle SchoolHow large is Long Beach Middle School?
Long Beach Middle School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades 07-08.
Is Long Beach Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Long Beach Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Long Beach Middle School have?
Long Beach Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
How diverse is Long Beach Middle School?
Long Beach Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 3% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Long Beach Middle School in?
Long Beach Middle School is part of Long Beach School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.