Enrollment
203
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280063001263
Nichols Elementary School
590 Division Street, Biloxi, MS 39530 · (228) 374-7250 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–KGELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
157 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 117 | 58% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 42% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Nichols Elementary School→Gorenflo Elementary School→Biloxi Upper Elementary School→Biloxi Junior High School
Based on grade levels within BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
52.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
58.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 58.2% |
| 2023-24 | 61.8% | 66.1% |
% 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Nichols Elementary School
Nichols Elementary School's state test result (59.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Elementary School this school | 203 | 77.3% | 59.7% |
| Cherokee Elementary Pascagoula | 206 | 74.3% | 58.9% |
| Central Elementary Pascagoula | 245 | 79.6% | 62.5% |
| Jackson Elem Pascagoula | 193 | 82.9% | 49.1% |
| College Park Elementary Gautier | 303 | 73.6% | 49.6% |
| Nicholson Elementary Picayune | 324 | 84.6% | 51.3% |
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 Nichols Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #170 of 428 | #22 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #162 of 439 ▼ 46 | #19 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #180 of 439 ▼ 44 | #23 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #411 of 453 | #29 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #103 of 408 | #6 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #5 of 409 | #4 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #269 of 444 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #116 of 296 | #11 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
203
-80 (-28%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 203 | 14.9 | 13.6:1 | 77% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 24.1 | 8.6:1 | 75% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 21.3 | 9.9:1 | 99% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 99% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 79% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 15 | 17.9:1 | 86% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nichols Elementary School.
About Nichols Elementary School
Nichols Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Biloxi, Mississippi. It had 203 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through kindergarten. That compares with an average of about 446 students for elementary schools in Mississippi.
The district, BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 5,699 students enrolled across 8 schools.
At Nichols Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 41%. Smaller groups are 27% White, 21% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 24% of Harrison County residents are Black. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Nichols Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Nichols Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Nichols Elementary School, the prediction is 55.5% and the result is 59.7%.
In Harrison County, median household income comes to about $59,479, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 55, with about 30,521 students.
Of the public schools around it, Nichols Elementary School is closest to Gorenflo Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 67.6% on proficiency, and Nichols Elementary School is below that at 59.7%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
The school's enrollment decreased 28% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Biloxi High SchoolHigh · 1,669 students
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Popp's Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · 608 students
- Back Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other schools in Biloxi
- Biloxi High SchoolHigh · 1,669 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
Other Nichols Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Nichols Elementary. Nichols Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Nichols Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 635 students
- Nichols ElementaryOceanside, CA · 522 students
- Nichols Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 321 students
- Nichols Elementary SchoolBarboursville, WV · 230 students
- Nichols ElementaryWest Point, KY · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Gorenflo Elementary School0.4 mi · 326
- Biloxi Upper Elementary School2.4 mi · 844
- St. Martin North Elementary2.6 mi · 537
- D'Iberville Middle School2.6 mi · 503
- D'Iberville Elementary2.9 mi · 367
- Back Bay Elementary School3.2 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Nichols Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nichols Elementary School?
Nichols Elementary School enrolls approximately 203 students in grades PK-KG.
What age range does Nichols Elementary School serve?
Nichols Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade KG.
How many students per teacher at Nichols Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Nichols Elementary School.
How diverse is Nichols Elementary School?
Nichols Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Nichols Elementary School in?
Nichols Elementary School is part of BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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