Kreole Primary Elementary
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Test scores
MAAP 2023-24 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kreole Primary Elementary
Located at 6312 Martin Luther King Blvd, in MOSS POINT, Mississippi, Kreole Primary Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school that instructs 419 students (grades pre-K through 2), operated by Moss Point School District.
Kreole Primary Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Moss Point School District, a district that caters to 1,611 students overall.
Demographically, Kreole Primary Elementary shows that Black students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 17% White, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Kreole Primary Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,201, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Kreole Primary Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students).
Arlington Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. Kreole Primary Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 419). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 22% to 17%.
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