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Enrollment
1,289
High
DISTRICT 934 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216001046
St. Martin High School
11300 Yellow Jacket Blvd, Ocean Springs, MS 39564 · (228) 283-3420 · Jackson County
GRADES 09–13HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,289 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Mississippi public high schools
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
721 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 348 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 321 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 315 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 301 | 23% |
Student demographics
60%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
58.7%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
83.9%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 83.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 83.4% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 High School
St. Martin High School's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin High School this school | 1,289 | 55.9% | 73.7% |
| D'Iberville High Biloxi | 1,478 | 58.5% | 78.9% |
| Oxford High School Oxford | 1,335 | 45.2% | 73.5% |
| Clinton High School Clinton | 1,339 | 38.5% | 76.9% |
| Sumner Hill Junior High School Clinton | 396 | 48.7% | 76.9% |
| Oak Grove High School Hattiesburg | 1,750 | 52.1% | 75.7% |
Matched among Mississippi high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #30 of 192 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #23 of 199 ▼ 3 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #47 of 199 ▲ 1 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,289 | #21 of 203 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #169 of 192 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #35 of 192 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #152 of 194 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #117 of 121 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,289
+40 (+3%) vs 2020
+135% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 1,289 | 82.8 | 15.6:1 | 56% (721) |
| 2023-24 | 1,320 | 81.3 | 16.2:1 | 58% (765) |
| 2022-23 | 1,283 | 77.5 | 16.6:1 | 100% (1,280) |
| 2020-21 | 1,249 | 83 | 15.1:1 | 100% (1,246) |
| 2017-18 | 1,303 | 75.4 | 17.3:1 | 61% (796) |
| 2015-16 | 1,267 | 75 | 16.9:1 | 58% (738) |
| 2010-11 | 1,147 | 68 | 16.9:1 | 54% (615) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 41% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 36 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Martin High School.
About St. Martin High School
St. Martin High School is a large high school located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The school's 1,289 students are in grades 9 through 13. Statewide, high schools in Mississippi average about 651 students each.
Jackson County School District has 13 schools; together they serve 8,845 students.
A majority of students at St. Martin High School, 58%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 67%. St. Martin High School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
St. Martin High School employs 82.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.6:1. That ratio is over the 12.6:1 average for high schools in Mississippi. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 56% in 2024-25. That is close to the 59% average for public schools in Jackson County.
The allk12 Grade for St. Martin High School is A. Compared with Mississippi public high schools, the school scored higher than 88% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 66.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jackson County show that median household income is about $66,201, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 46 public schools in Jackson County, with a combined enrollment of about 22,712.
The next-closest public school is St. Martin Upper Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of St. Martin High School. On proficiency, St. Martin High School is ahead of the 72.3% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,249 in 2020-21 and 1,289 in 2024-25, a 3% increase.
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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 Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 777 students
- Vancleave High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
- St. Martin Upper ElementaryElementary · 600 students
Other schools in Ocean Springs
- Ocean Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ocean Springs Upper ElementaryMiddle · 1,284 students
- St. Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 946 students
- Ocean Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 899 students
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Magnolia Park ElementaryElementary · 613 students
Nearby schools
- St. Martin Upper Elementary0.3 mi · 600
- St. Martin Middle School0.4 mi · 946
- Ocean Springs Upper Elementary2.0 mi · 1,284
- Oak Park Elementary2.1 mi · 467
- St. Martin East Elementary2.1 mi · 704
- Pecan Park Elementary2.2 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martin High SchoolHow large is St. Martin High School?
St. Martin High School enrolls approximately 1,289 students in grades 09-13.
Is St. Martin High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Martin High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many students per teacher at St. Martin High School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at St. Martin High School.
How diverse is St. Martin High School?
St. Martin High School reports a student body of 58% White, 8% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is St. Martin High School public or private?
St. Martin High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson County School District.
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