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Alumni: what's one memory from NORTH WOOLMARKET ELEMENTARY AND MID that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
851
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177000958
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School
16237 Old Woolmarket Road, Biloxi, MS 39532 · (228) 396-3674 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
401 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 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 162 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 55% smaller than its 8th grade class (162).
Student demographics
41%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
72.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
83.1%
MS avg 52.8% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 83.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 88.0% |
% 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
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School this school | 851 | 47.1% | 80.7% |
| North Bay Elementary School Biloxi | 658 | 48.3% | 75.7% |
| East Hancock Elementary School Kiln | 633 | 48.5% | 84.9% |
| Hernando Hills Elementary Hernando | 770 | 36.6% | 73.8% |
| Della Davidson Elementary School Oxford | 704 | 44.6% | 74.2% |
| Center Hill Elementary School Olive Branch | 788 | 42.0% | 70.8% |
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 Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #21 of 428 | #4 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #13 of 439 ▼ 5 | #3 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #31 of 439 ▲ 7 | #8 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #26 of 453 | #3 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #241 of 408 | #17 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #231 of 409 | #25 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #411 of 444 | #30 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #209 of 296 | #18 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
851
-88 (-9%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 851 | 55 | 15.5:1 | 47% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 812 | 54.8 | 14.8:1 | 47% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 875 | 55.1 | 15.9:1 | 100% (872) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 55 | 17.1:1 | 100% (936) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 54.6 | 17.1:1 | 44% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | 54 | 17.7:1 | 52% (493) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | 55 | 17.6:1 | 45% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 778 | 44 | 17.7:1 | 55% (431) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School.
About North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is a large elementary school in Biloxi, Mississippi, (ZIP code 39532). The school had 851 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446, so this school runs 91% above that.
Harrison County School District, which runs North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School, has 22 schools and 14,253 students.
White students are the majority at North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School, with 75% of enrollment. It is also 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 2% Asian. Harrison County's residents are about 62% White, 13 points below the school's share. North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 15.5 students per teacher and 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 47%. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in Harrison County.
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School would be expected to post about 70.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 80.7%.
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is located in Harrison County, where the median household income is $59,479, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is one of 55 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, D'Iberville High, is about 3.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 9% from its 2020-21 level of 939. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.1:1 to 15.5:1 over the same years.
The North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 844 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
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- D'Iberville High3.5 mi · 1,478
- Woolmarket Elementary3.6 mi · 533
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE4.0 mi · 996
- River Oaks Elementary4.3 mi · 487
- Three Rivers Elementary5.3 mi · 492
- North Bay Elementary School6.3 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolHow many students attend North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School?
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School enrolls approximately 851 students in grades KG-08.
Is North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School have?
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School?
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School reports a student body of 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School?
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School is overseen by Harrison County School District in Harrison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.