Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOSS POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280300000589
Escatawpa Upper Elementary
4208 Jamestown Road, Moss Point, MS 39562 · (228) 474-3300 · Jackson County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 147 | 43% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 29% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Escatawpa Upper Elementary→Magnolia Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Moss Point School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -11.5pp since 2023
Math
34.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 36.9% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Escatawpa Upper Elementary
Escatawpa Upper Elementary's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escatawpa Upper Elementary this school | 342 | 100.0% | 42.1% |
| Pass Road Elementary Gulfport | 377 | 99.7% | 63.2% |
| Kreole Primary Elementary MOSS POINT | 419 | 99.8% | 35.5% |
| Verona Elementary School VERONA | 364 | 99.2% | 23.6% |
| Bankston Elementary School Greenwood | 254 | 99.6% | 38.3% |
| Jimmie M Goodloe Elementary Canton | 366 | 99.7% | 47.9% |
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 Escatawpa Upper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #330 of 428 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #339 of 439 ▼ 14 | #21 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #344 of 439 ▼ 68 | #20 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #288 of 453 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #89 of 408 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #132 of 409 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #88 of 444 | #1 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #83 of 296 | #3 of 14 |
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
342
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 342 | 25.6 | 13.4:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 26.5 | 12.7:1 | 100% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 24.4 | 13.9:1 | 100% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 100% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 27.7 | 16.1:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 89% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 38 | 19.9:1 | 75% (571) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 48 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Escatawpa Upper Elementary.
About Escatawpa Upper Elementary
Escatawpa Upper Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Moss Point, Mississippi. The school serves grades 3 through 5. Enrollment is 342 students. It has 23% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi (about 446).
Moss Point School District is the district for Escatawpa Upper Elementary. It has 4 schools and 1,611 students.
About 64% of the student body at Escatawpa Upper Elementary is Black. Other groups include 18% White, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County residents are about 19% Black. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Escatawpa Upper Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 15.9:1. About 100% of students at Escatawpa Upper Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Jackson County averages 59%, lower than here.
Escatawpa Upper Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Escatawpa Upper Elementary would score about 44.1%. It scores 42.1%, 2.0 points below that figure.
Jackson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Escatawpa Upper Elementary shares Jackson County with 45 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Escatawpa Upper Elementary is closest to Moss Point High School, about 1.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.8%; Escatawpa Upper Elementary's is 42.1%, ranking 6th of 8.
The federal government classifies Escatawpa Upper Elementary's location as Suburb: Small.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moss Point School District
- Moss Point High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Kreole Primary ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Magnolia Middle SchoolMiddle · 359 students
- MOSS POINT ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLCombined
- MOSS POINT CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCAHigh
Other schools in Moss Point
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- East Central Lower ElementaryElementary · 567 students
- East Central Upper ElementaryElementary · 566 students
- East Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Moss Point High SchoolHigh · 491 students
- Kreole Primary ElementaryElementary · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Moss Point High School1.7 mi · 491
- Magnolia Middle School2.0 mi · 359
- Kreole Primary Elementary3.3 mi · 419
- Jackson County Exceptional4.1 mi · 44
- Lake Elem4.1 mi · 96
- Arlington Elem4.9 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About Escatawpa Upper ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Escatawpa Upper Elementary?
Escatawpa Upper Elementary enrolls approximately 342 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Escatawpa Upper Elementary serve?
Escatawpa Upper Elementary serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Escatawpa Upper Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Escatawpa Upper Elementary.
How diverse is Escatawpa Upper Elementary?
Escatawpa Upper Elementary reports a student body of 18% White, 12% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Escatawpa Upper Elementary in?
Escatawpa Upper Elementary is part of Moss Point School District.
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