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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280063000063
Popp's Ferry Elementary School
364 Nelson Road, Biloxi, MS 39531 · (228) 436-5135 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
17.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
435 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (103).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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 BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
47.6%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 | 48.6% | 47.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 52.8% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Popp's Ferry Elementary School
Popp's Ferry Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popp's Ferry Elementary School this school | 608 | 71.5% | 50.1% |
| Pontotoc Elementary School Pontotoc | 657 | 73.1% | 65.5% |
| Back Bay Elementary School Biloxi | 528 | 65.5% | 60.5% |
| Hope Sullivan Elementary School Southaven | 563 | 72.3% | 39.3% |
| Southaven Elementary School Southaven | 681 | 78.4% | 45.3% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School Southaven | 556 | 70.0% | 55.7% |
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 Popp's Ferry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #262 of 428 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #234 of 439 ▼ 21 | #23 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #217 of 439 ▲ 17 | #26 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #91 of 453 | #7 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #363 of 408 | #26 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #7 of 409 | #5 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #314 of 444 | #20 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #237 of 296 | #20 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
608
+82 (+16%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 608 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 72% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 44.6 | 13.7:1 | 72% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 46.5 | 11.9:1 | 99% (549) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 39.1 | 16.4:1 | 70% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 756 | 42 | 18.0:1 | 76% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 75% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 36 | 17.5:1 | 63% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 29 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Popp's Ferry Elementary School.
About Popp's Ferry Elementary School
Popp's Ferry Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Biloxi, Mississippi. The school counted 608 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 4. It has 36% more students than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi (about 446).
BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 8 schools; together they serve 5,699 students.
About 41% of students at Popp's Ferry Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Harrison County, the Black share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.4:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi have an average ratio of 15.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Popp's Ferry Elementary School, 72% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County.
Popp's Ferry Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
A school with Popp's Ferry Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Mississippi is predicted to score 58.4%. Popp's Ferry Elementary School scores 50.1%, 8.3 points below that line.
The county, Harrison County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $59,479 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Popp's Ferry Elementary School, Harrison County has 55 public schools.
Back Bay Elementary School is about 2.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Popp's Ferry Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 68.9% on proficiency, and Popp's Ferry Elementary School is below that at 50.1%.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 608, from 526 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.4:1, from 15.5:1.
Popp's Ferry Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Biloxi High SchoolHigh · 1,669 students
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- North Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Back Bay Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Gorenflo Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 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
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
Nearby schools
- Back Bay Elementary School2.2 mi · 528
- Biloxi High School2.4 mi · 1,669
- Biloxi Junior High School2.4 mi · 863
- Anniston Elementary2.8 mi · 482
- North Bay Elementary School2.9 mi · 658
- Biloxi Upper Elementary School3.2 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About Popp's Ferry Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Popp's Ferry Elementary School?
Popp's Ferry Elementary School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades KG-04.
Is Popp's Ferry Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Popp's Ferry Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Popp's Ferry Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Popp's Ferry Elementary School is approximately 17.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Popp's Ferry Elementary School?
At Popp's Ferry Elementary School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Popp's Ferry Elementary School?
Popp's Ferry Elementary School is overseen by BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT in Harrison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.