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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177001431
River Oaks Elementary
14111 Three Rivers Road, Gulfport, MS 39503 · (228) 831-1660 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
484 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
54%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
54.3%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
41.2%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.7pp 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 41 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 down about 2 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 42.9% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 River Oaks Elementary
River Oaks Elementary's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Oaks Elementary this school | 487 | 99.4% | 54.0% |
| Collins Elementary School COLLINS | 474 | 99.4% | 45.8% |
| Kreole Primary Elementary MOSS POINT | 419 | 99.8% | 35.5% |
| West Elementary Gulfport | 492 | 98.6% | 61.8% |
| Magee Elementary School Magee | 525 | 92.0% | 43.0% |
| Verona Elementary School VERONA | 364 | 99.2% | 23.6% |
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 River Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #227 of 428 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #290 of 439 ▼ 5 | #27 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #167 of 439 ▲ 43 | #21 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #152 of 453 | #15 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #376 of 408 | #29 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #136 of 409 | #16 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #141 of 444 | #7 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #42 of 296 | #3 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
487
-139 (-22%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 487 | 27.3 | 17.8:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 31.8 | 15.6:1 | 80% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 32.8 | 15.3:1 | 99% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 36 | 17.4:1 | 100% (623) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 34.8 | 20.3:1 | 90% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 91% (575) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for River Oaks Elementary.
About River Oaks Elementary
River Oaks Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Gulfport, Mississippi. The school counts 487 students across kindergarten through 6.
A total of 22 schools make up Harrison County School District, with 14,253 students enrolled.
River Oaks Elementary is 63% Black by enrollment. Other students are 22% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Harrison County residents are about 24% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
River Oaks Elementary's 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.8:1. That is higher than the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades River Oaks Elementary a B. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Mississippi schools that have similar shares of low-income students, River Oaks Elementary's results are 9.6 points above predicted: 54.0% against 44.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Harrison County, the median household income is $59,479, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, Harrison County has 55 public schools and roughly 30,521 students.
Of nearby public schools, Three Rivers Elementary is the closest, at about 1.2 miles. River Oaks Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 66.6% proficiency; River Oaks Elementary posts 54.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show a 22% enrollment decrease, from 626 in 2020-21 to 487 in 2024-25.
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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 River Oaks Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named River Oaks Elementary. River Oaks Elementary is the 6th largest of the 7.
- River Oaks ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 1,426 students
- River Oaks Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 777 students
- River Oaks ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 662 students
- River Oaks Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 551 students
- River Oaks ElementaryGalt, CA · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Three Rivers Elementary1.2 mi · 492
- Woolmarket Elementary3.2 mi · 533
- Lyman Elementary3.7 mi · 524
- Harrison Central High3.7 mi · 1,483
- Bel-Aire Elementary3.9 mi · 598
- Crossroads Elementary4.0 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About River Oaks ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at River Oaks Elementary?
River Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does River Oaks Elementary serve?
River Oaks Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at River Oaks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at River Oaks Elementary is approximately 17.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at River Oaks Elementary?
At River Oaks Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is River Oaks Elementary public or private?
River Oaks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.