Pecan Park Elementary

Pecan Park Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, one of the schools within Ocean Springs School District, with 486 students on its rolls from grades K through 3.

Ocean Springs School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 5,677 students. Pecan Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pecan Park Elementary records that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Pecan Park Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jackson County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jackson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,201 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pecan Park Elementary is one of 46 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 22,712 students).

Ocean Springs Upper Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pecan Park Elementary.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pecan Park Elementary has fell 14%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 70% to 62%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Pecan Park Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.