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Enrollment
921
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177001543
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL
4715 Illinois Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501 · (228) 864-8944 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL921 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
915 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 4% |
| Grade 7 | 318 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 32% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 87% smaller than its 8th grade class (292).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 41.9% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL this school | 921 | 99.3% | 43.9% |
| Thames Elementary HATTIESBURG | 619 | 100.0% | 55.6% |
| Earl Nash Elementary MACON | 611 | 99.7% | 28.9% |
| West Elementary Gulfport | 492 | 98.6% | 61.8% |
| McLaurin Elementary NATCHEZ | 642 | 100.0% | 44.7% |
| McCoy Elementary School Yazoo City | 844 | 99.6% | 27.4% |
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 NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #319 of 428 | #30 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #374 of 439 ▼ 81 | #29 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #309 of 439 ▲ 5 | #30 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 921 | #20 of 453 | #2 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #71 of 408 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #219 of 409 | #23 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #146 of 444 | #9 of 30 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 921 | 70.5 | 13.1:1 | 99% (915) |
| 2023-24 | 1,005 | 69.3 | 14.5:1 | 86% (862) |
| 2022-23 | 1,060 | 74.3 | 14.3:1 | 100% (1,057) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL.
About NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL is one of the public schools in Gulfport, Mississippi. It is a large elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 921 students. That is 107% above the average of about 446 students for elementary schools in Mississippi.
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL is one school in Harrison County School District, a system of 22 schools with 14,253 students.
The share of Black students at NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL is 74%, a majority. After that, the student body is 12% White, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Harrison County is about 24% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The school has 70.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 2.8 students per teacher. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Harrison County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL outscored 28%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL scores 43.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.4%.
The school is in Harrison County, where median household income comes to about $59,479, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Harrison County counts 55 public schools with about 30,521 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, 28th Street Elementary, is the closest to NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL. On proficiency, NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL is behind the 55.4% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
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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 Harrison County School District
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 844 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- 28th Street Elementary1.5 mi · 359
- Crossroads Elementary2.3 mi · 547
- Central Elementary2.4 mi · 482
- Bel-Aire Elementary2.4 mi · 598
- Bayou View Middle2.7 mi · 827
- West Elementary2.7 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLHow large is NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL?
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL enrolls approximately 921 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL serve?
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL is approximately 13.1:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL?
At NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL, the student body is approximately 12% White, 8% Hispanic, 74% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL public or private?
NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison County School District.
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