Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177000297
Saucier Elementary
24052 First Street, SAUCIER, MS 39574 · (228) 832-2440 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
223 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 80%
Community
0
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 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 27% larger than its 6th grade class (37).
Student demographics
27%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
73.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
77.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 77.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.3% | 68.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 Saucier Elementary
Saucier Elementary's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saucier Elementary this school | 325 | 68.6% | 76.0% |
| Iuka Elementary School Iuka | 414 | 66.7% | 61.5% |
| Lizana Elementary GULFPORT | 393 | 74.3% | 86.3% |
| Hancock North Central School Kiln | 404 | 69.8% | 76.5% |
| West Hancock Elementary Picayune | 349 | 75.1% | 72.6% |
| Vancleave Upper Elementary Vancleave | 333 | 61.6% | 77.3% |
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 Saucier Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #42 of 428 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #41 of 439 ▲ 60 | #5 of 30 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #25 of 439 ▲ 58 | #6 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #302 of 453 | #28 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #168 of 408 | #13 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #304 of 409 | #28 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #336 of 444 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #94 of 296 | #7 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
325
-45 (-12%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 325 | 22.4 | 14.5:1 | 69% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 24.1 | 13.9:1 | 65% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 26.7 | 14.5:1 | 99% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 20 | 18.5:1 | 99% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 70% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 77% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 72% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 56% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 31 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saucier Elementary.
About Saucier Elementary
Saucier Elementary is an elementary school in SAUCIER, Mississippi, and it is part of Harrison County School District. It reports enrollment of 325 students in kindergarten through 6. The school is 27% below the average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Harrison County School District has 22 schools and 14,253 students, and Saucier Elementary is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at Saucier Elementary is White, at 85%. Other reported shares: 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Harrison County's residents are about 62% White, 23 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
There are 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi, 15.9:1, is higher. Of all students at Saucier Elementary, 69% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Saucier Elementary lands at A, ahead of 94% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
Compared with Mississippi schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Saucier Elementary does better than predicted by 16.1 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.0%; the prediction is 59.9%.
In Harrison County, home to about 210,891 people, the median household earns about $59,479 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Saucier Elementary shares Harrison County with 54 other public schools.
Saucier Elementary's closest public school neighbor is West Wortham Elementary and Middle School, about 5.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, Saucier Elementary is ahead of the 73.3% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The NCES locale for Saucier Elementary is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 325, down from 370 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.5 to 14.5 over 4 years.
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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 SAUCIER
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 844 students
Nearby schools
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle School5.5 mi · 844
- Harrison Central High8.3 mi · 1,483
- Lyman Elementary9.9 mi · 524
- Perkinston Elementary School10.5 mi · 503
- Lizana Elementary10.5 mi · 393
- Three Rivers Elementary11.0 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Saucier ElementaryHow many students attend Saucier Elementary?
Saucier Elementary enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Saucier Elementary serve?
Saucier Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Saucier Elementary?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Saucier Elementary.
How diverse is Saucier Elementary?
Saucier Elementary reports a student body of 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Saucier Elementary in?
Saucier Elementary is part of Harrison County School District.
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