Nichols Elementary School

Set in Biloxi, Mississippi, Nichols Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community, run under BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 203 students across grades pre-K through K. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 446 students each, so Nichols Elementary School sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

Within BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,699 students, Nichols Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Nichols Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Nichols Elementary School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Nichols Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, census data for Harrison County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,479 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harrison County runs 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,521 students), of which Nichols Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Gorenflo Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 249 students in 2018 compared to 203 in 2025.

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