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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216001048
St. Martin East Elementary
7508 Rose Farm Road, Ocean Springs, MS 39564 · (228) 283-3570 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
423 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 157 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 169 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 176 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 187 | 27% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
57.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -12.8pp since 2023
Math
67.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 67.6% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 66.7% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 St. Martin East Elementary
St. Martin East Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin East Elementary this school | 704 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| St. Martin Upper Elementary St. Martin | 600 | 65.5% | 61.1% |
| Bramlett Elementary School Oxford | 715 | 53.6% | 74.2% |
| St. Martin North Elementary Biloxi | 537 | 72.6% | 72.0% |
| Quarles Elementary Long Beach | 429 | 58.3% | 70.4% |
| Longleaf Elementary Hattiesburg | 787 | 56.5% | 68.6% |
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 St. Martin East Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #126 of 428 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #98 of 439 ▲ 14 | #10 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #133 of 439 ▼ 70 | #12 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #62 of 453 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #355 of 408 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #98 of 409 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #376 of 444 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #295 of 296 | #14 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
704
+50 (+8%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 704 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 60% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 50.2 | 13.9:1 | 56% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 46.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 100% (651) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 40.1 | 17.6:1 | 64% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 64% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 36 | 18.7:1 | 61% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 32 | 20.0:1 | 41% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 37 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Martin East Elementary.
About St. Martin East Elementary
St. Martin East Elementary is a large elementary school in Mississippi, located in Ocean Springs. It is open to students in pre-K through 3 and enrolls 704 students. It has 58% more students than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi (about 446).
St. Martin East Elementary is part of a district of 13 schools: Jackson County School District, with 8,845 students.
At St. Martin East Elementary, 61% of students are White. After that, the student body is 14% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.2:1. The school has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Mississippi is 15.9:1. In all, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jackson County is similar, at 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, St. Martin East Elementary lands at B, ahead of 63% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for St. Martin East Elementary is +1.3 points: 65.5% actual, 64.2% predicted.
In Jackson County, home to about 145,249 people, median household income comes to about $66,201, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 46 public schools in the county, enrolling about 22,712, St. Martin East Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, St. Martin High School, is about 2.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, St. Martin East Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 704, up from 654 in 2020-21.
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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 Jackson County School District
- St. Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,289 students
- St. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Vancleave High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- St. Martin Upper ElementaryElementary · 600 students
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
- Magnolia Park ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- St. Martin High School2.1 mi · 1,289
- St. Martin Upper Elementary2.3 mi · 600
- St. Martin Middle School2.4 mi · 946
- Oak Park Elementary2.8 mi · 467
- Ocean Springs Upper Elementary2.9 mi · 1,284
- St. Martin North Elementary3.2 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martin East ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at St. Martin East Elementary?
St. Martin East Elementary enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-03.
Is St. Martin East Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Martin East Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Martin East Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Martin East Elementary is approximately 17.2:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Martin East Elementary?
At St. Martin East Elementary, the student body is approximately 61% White, 9% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is St. Martin East Elementary public or private?
St. Martin East Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson County School District.
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