Enrollment
346
Middle
DISTRICT 500 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177000295
Orange Grove Elementary
11391 Old Hwy 49, Gulfport, MS 39503 · (228) 832-2322 · Harrison County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Mississippi public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
259 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 110 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 120 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%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
62.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.7% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 57.9% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Orange Grove Elementary
Orange Grove Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove Elementary this school | 346 | 74.9% | 66.0% |
| Jefferson Middle School Columbia | 329 | 72.0% | 48.6% |
| Northeast Middle School Meridian | 520 | 71.5% | 48.0% |
| Kosciusko Jr High School KOSCIUSKO | 472 | 77.3% | 53.4% |
| Milam Elementary School Tupelo | 456 | 66.7% | 55.2% |
| Lipsey Middle School BROOKHAVEN | 341 | 77.4% | 45.9% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Orange Grove Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #28 of 176 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #69 of 181 ▲ 6 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #12 of 181 ▲ 7 | #1 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #109 of 186 | #10 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #146 of 163 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #11 of 164 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #111 of 184 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #35 of 119 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
346
-83 (-19%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 346 | 20.1 | 17.2:1 | 75% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 21.5 | 15.3:1 | 74% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 24.8 | 13.7:1 | 99% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 99% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 24.1 | 19.0:1 | 81% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 22 | 20.7:1 | 83% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 74% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 31 | 19.1:1 | 55% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 32 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange Grove Elementary.
About Orange Grove Elementary
Students in Gulfport, Mississippi, attend Orange Grove Elementary, a small middle school. The school enrolls 346 students in grades 4 through 6. That compares with an average of about 452 students for middle schools in Mississippi.
Harrison County School District has 22 schools and 14,253 students, and Orange Grove Elementary is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at Orange Grove Elementary, 42%, is Black. Other reported shares: 38% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 24% Black among all Harrison County residents. The diversity index for Orange Grove Elementary is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Orange Grove Elementary, giving a ratio of 17.2:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Mississippi is 13.7:1. A total of 259 students, or 75%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Harrison County is similar, at 74%.
Among Mississippi public middle schools, Orange Grove Elementary outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Orange Grove Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools: 66.0% actual against 56.8% predicted.
In Harrison County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,479, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,521, Orange Grove Elementary among them.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Harrison Central Elementary, is the closest to Orange Grove Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Orange Grove Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 66.0% is above the 64.6% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Orange Grove Elementary's location as City: Small.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 346, down from 429 in 2020-21.
People who know Orange Grove Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Other Orange Grove Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Orange Grove Elementary. Orange Grove Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Orange Grove ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 548 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 516 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolSomerton, AZ · 412 students
- ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEMINOLE, FL · 405 students
- Orange Grove Elementary SchoolORANGE GROVE, TX · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Harrison Central Elementary0.3 mi · 465
- Bel-Aire Elementary1.3 mi · 598
- Crossroads Elementary1.4 mi · 547
- Lyman Elementary2.7 mi · 524
- Three Rivers Elementary3.1 mi · 492
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL3.1 mi · 921
Frequently asked questions
About Orange Grove ElementaryHow many students attend Orange Grove Elementary?
Orange Grove Elementary enrolls approximately 346 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Orange Grove Elementary serve?
Orange Grove Elementary serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Orange Grove Elementary?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at Orange Grove Elementary.
How diverse is Orange Grove Elementary?
Orange Grove Elementary reports a student body of 38% White, 7% Hispanic, 42% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Orange Grove Elementary?
Orange Grove Elementary is overseen by Harrison County School District in Harrison County.
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