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Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280351000685
Pass Christian Middle School
280 W. Second Street, Pass Christian, MS 39571 · (228) 452-5220 · Harrison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Mississippi public middle schools
- ATest 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
13.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
246 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 6 | 140 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 122 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 122 | 32% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Pass Christian Middle School→Pass Christian High School
Based on grade levels within Pass Christian School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
70.8%
MS avg 52.8% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 67.3% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Pass Christian Middle School
Pass Christian Middle School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass Christian Middle School this school | 384 | 64.1% | 66.7% |
| R.H. Long Booneville Middle School Booneville | 416 | 65.9% | 60.2% |
| Southeast Middle School Meridian | 371 | 71.2% | 65.0% |
| Jefferson Middle School Columbia | 329 | 72.0% | 48.6% |
| North Pike Junior High Summit | 350 | 69.1% | 44.6% |
| Picayune Junior High School Picayune | 465 | 69.0% | 47.2% |
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 Pass Christian Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #24 of 176 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #21 of 181 ▲ 20 | #4 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #40 of 181 ▼ 4 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #88 of 186 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #90 of 163 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #39 of 164 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #145 of 184 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #32 of 119 | #2 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
384
-116 (-23%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 384 | 28.1 | 13.7:1 | 64% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 35.1 | 11.2:1 | 64% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 33.1 | 13.6:1 | 99% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 99% (497) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 39.6 | 12.9:1 | 62% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 64% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 39 | 9.8:1 | 62% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 61% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pass Christian Middle School.
About Pass Christian Middle School
Students in Pass Christian, Mississippi, attend Pass Christian Middle School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 384 students in grades 6 through 8.
Pass Christian Middle School is run by Pass Christian School District, whose 4 schools enroll 1,768 students.
A majority of students at Pass Christian Middle School, 59%, are White. Next come 27% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 62% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Pass Christian Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
With 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Pass Christian Middle School was 13.7:1. Across middle schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is about 13.7:1. Pass Christian Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 64%. The average for public schools in Harrison County is 74%.
Pass Christian Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Mississippi public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Pass Christian Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.7% is 4.5 points above the 62.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harrison County, median household income is about $59,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 55 public schools operate in Harrison County, serving about 30,521 students.
Nearest public school: Pass Christian Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Pass Christian Middle School holds 4 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Pass Christian Middle School at 7th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Pass Christian Middle School had 500 students in 2020-21 and 384 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Pass Christian School District
- Pass Christian High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- DeLisle Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Pass Christian Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Pass Christian
- Pass Christian High SchoolHigh · 606 students
- DeLisle Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Pass Christian Elementary SchoolElementary · 378 students
- Pineville ElementaryElementary · 157 students
Nearby schools
- Pass Christian Elementary School0.0 mi · 378
- Pass Christian High School0.9 mi · 606
- Pineville Elementary3.7 mi · 157
- DeLisle Elementary School4.4 mi · 400
- Reeves Elementary5.1 mi · 453
- Bay Waveland Middle School5.6 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About Pass Christian Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pass Christian Middle School?
Pass Christian Middle School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pass Christian Middle School serve?
Pass Christian Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Pass Christian Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Pass Christian Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Pass Christian Middle School?
Student demographics at Pass Christian Middle School are roughly 59% White, 4% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pass Christian Middle School in?
Pass Christian Middle School is part of Pass Christian School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.