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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SOUTH HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANCOCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280174000280
South Hancock Elementary School
6590 Lakeshore Road, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520 · (228) 467-4655 · Hancock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
354 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
South Hancock Elementary School→Hancock Middle School
Based on grade levels within Hancock School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.9%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.9% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.1% | 51.5% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 South Hancock Elementary School
South Hancock Elementary School's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hancock Elementary School this school | 480 | 73.8% | 61.0% |
| Waveland Elementary School WAVELAND | 460 | 69.8% | 67.9% |
| McLaurin Elementary Florence | 504 | 75.2% | 65.6% |
| Pelahatchie Elementary Pelahatchie | 385 | 70.6% | 58.5% |
| Anderson Elementary School Booneville | 551 | 71.9% | 69.5% |
| Glade Elementary Laurel | 423 | 78.7% | 62.0% |
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 South Hancock Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Hancock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #161 of 428 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #228 of 439 ▼ 3 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #145 of 439 ▲ 19 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #159 of 453 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #134 of 409 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #294 of 444 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #109 of 296 | N/A |
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
480
-33 (-6%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 603
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 | 480 | N/A | N/A | 74% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 39.7 | 12.4:1 | 71% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 42.7 | 12.5:1 | 100% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 100% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 35.1 | 16.9:1 | 100% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 71% (438) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 88% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 59% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 26 | 23.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Hancock Elementary School.
About South Hancock Elementary School
South Hancock Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The school's enrollment of 480 students covers pre-K through 5.
Hancock School District counts 3,934 students in its 6 schools, and South Hancock Elementary School is one of them.
South Hancock Elementary School is 64% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 84% of Hancock County residents are White. South Hancock Elementary School's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
About 74% of students, or 354, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 65% average for public schools in Hancock County.
Measured against Mississippi public elementary schools, South Hancock Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.3% at South Hancock Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hancock County show that the median household income is $67,708, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides South Hancock Elementary School, Hancock County has 10 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Waveland Elementary School, about 4.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 6. Among its closest neighbors with test data, South Hancock Elementary School is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has fallen by 33 students since 2020-21, to 480.
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,167
Census ACS
Median income
$67,708
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hancock School District
- Hancock High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Hancock Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- East Hancock Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
- Hancock North Central SchoolElementary · 404 students
- West Hancock ElementaryElementary · 349 students
- HANCOCK COUNTY CAREER TECHNICAL CENHigh
Other South Hancock Elementary schools
One other US public school is named South Hancock Elementary. South Hancock Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- South Hancock Elementary SchoolHawesville, KY · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Waveland Elementary School4.6 mi · 460
- Bay High School6.9 mi · 491
- Bay Waveland Middle School7.0 mi · 365
- North Bay Elementary7.1 mi · 348
- Hancock High School7.2 mi · 1,184
- Hancock Middle School7.4 mi · 884
Frequently asked questions
About South Hancock Elementary SchoolHow large is South Hancock Elementary School?
South Hancock Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does South Hancock Elementary School serve?
South Hancock Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How diverse is South Hancock Elementary School?
South Hancock Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 6% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is South Hancock Elementary School public or private?
South Hancock Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hancock School District.
Where is South Hancock Elementary School located?
South Hancock Elementary School is located at 6590 Lakeshore Road, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.