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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OCEAN SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280336000652
Pecan Park Elementary
504 Hanley Rd, Ocean Springs, MS 39564 · (228) 875-2851 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
145 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 113 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 26% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 26% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Based on grade levels within Ocean Springs School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
MS avg 45.9% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 81.6% | 77.2% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% 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 Pecan Park Elementary
Pecan Park Elementary's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Park Elementary this school | 486 | 29.8% | 76.3% |
| Magnolia Park Elementary Ocean Springs | 613 | 29.7% | 79.3% |
| Oak Park Elementary Ocean Springs | 467 | 25.9% | 79.8% |
| Lewisburg Elementary School Olive Branch | 604 | 25.3% | 80.0% |
| Lewisburg Primary School Olive Branch | 578 | 23.2% | 82.0% |
| Hernando Elementary School Hernando | 707 | 33.2% | 75.2% |
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 Pecan Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #40 of 428 | #4 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #54 of 439 ▼ 6 | #6 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #36 of 439 ▼ 17 | #3 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #154 of 453 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #87 of 408 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #111 of 409 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #433 of 444 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #151 of 296 | #6 of 14 |
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
486
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 486 | 36.4 | 13.3:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 42.4 | 11.9:1 | 49% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 37.1 | 14.3:1 | 99% (527) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 35.7 | 15.9:1 | 47% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 35 | 15.1:1 | 51% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 44% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 24% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 32 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pecan Park Elementary.
About Pecan Park Elementary
Pecan Park Elementary is a public elementary school run by Ocean Springs School District in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The school has 486 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 3.
Ocean Springs School District is the district for Pecan Park Elementary. It has 6 schools and 5,677 students.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Pecan Park Elementary. The next largest groups are 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Pecan Park Elementary are from different groups.
There are 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. Across elementary schools in Mississippi, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Of all students at Pecan Park Elementary, 30% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Jackson County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
Among Mississippi public elementary schools, Pecan Park Elementary outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Pecan Park Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (76.3%) and its predicted rate (79.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Mississippi schools.
The county, Jackson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $66,201 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jackson County has 46 public schools with about 22,712 students, including Pecan Park Elementary.
Ocean Springs Upper Elementary, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pecan Park Elementary places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (489) and 2024-25 (486). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.8:1 in 2020-21 to 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Pecan Park Elementary, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,249
Census ACS
Median income
$66,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
22,712 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ocean Springs School District
- Ocean Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ocean Springs Upper ElementaryMiddle · 1,284 students
- Ocean Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 899 students
- Magnolia Park ElementaryElementary · 613 students
- Oak Park ElementaryElementary · 467 students
- KEYS VOC CENTERHigh
Other schools in Ocean Springs
- Ocean Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- Ocean Springs Upper ElementaryMiddle · 1,284 students
- St. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- Ocean Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 899 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
Other Pecan Park Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pecan Park Elementary. Pecan Park Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pecan Park Elementary SchoolJackson, MS · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Ocean Springs Upper Elementary0.9 mi · 1,284
- Oak Park Elementary1.0 mi · 467
- Magnolia Park Elementary1.1 mi · 613
- St. Martin Middle School1.8 mi · 946
- St. Martin Upper Elementary1.8 mi · 600
- St. Martin High School2.2 mi · 1,289
Frequently asked questions
About Pecan Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pecan Park Elementary?
Pecan Park Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Pecan Park Elementary serve?
Pecan Park Elementary serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Pecan Park Elementary have?
Pecan Park Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Pecan Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Pecan Park Elementary are roughly 62% White, 12% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Pecan Park Elementary in?
Pecan Park Elementary is part of Ocean Springs School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.