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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280216000366
St. Martin North Elementary
11000 Yellowjacket Street, Biloxi, MS 39532 · (228) 283-3636 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
390 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 27% |
Student demographics
66%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
67.6%
MS avg 45.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
80.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 up about 11 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 80.6% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 69.4% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 North Elementary
St. Martin North Elementary's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin North Elementary this school | 537 | 72.6% | 72.0% |
| St. Martin Upper Elementary St. Martin | 600 | 65.5% | 61.1% |
| St. Martin East Elementary Ocean Springs | 704 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| Lawndale Elementary School Tupelo | 378 | 76.2% | 61.3% |
| Lawhon Elementary School Tupelo | 575 | 75.0% | 57.0% |
| Quarles Elementary Long Beach | 429 | 58.3% | 70.4% |
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 North Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #67 of 428 | #5 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #29 of 439 ▲ 66 | #2 of 21 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #55 of 439 ▲ 7 | #6 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #126 of 453 | #7 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #323 of 408 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #39 of 409 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #305 of 444 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #154 of 296 | #7 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
537
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 537 | 32.3 | 16.6:1 | 73% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 72% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 40.9 | 13.2:1 | 99% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 99% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 37.7 | 16.6:1 | 77% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 705 | 40 | 17.6:1 | 78% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 67% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 41% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Martin North Elementary.
About St. Martin North Elementary
St. Martin North Elementary is an elementary school located in Biloxi, Mississippi, in Jackson County. In all, 537 students attend the school in pre-K through 3. The school is 20% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
Jackson County School District includes 13 schools. Together they enroll 8,845 students.
The student body at St. Martin North Elementary is 52% White. It is also 22% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Jackson County's residents are about 67% White, 15 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
St. Martin North Elementary reported 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.6:1. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. Roughly 73% of students at St. Martin North Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 59% average among public schools in Jackson County.
On the allk12 Grade, St. Martin North Elementary lands at A, ahead of 90% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
The model predicts 57.9% for a school in Mississippi with St. Martin North Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. St. Martin North Elementary posts 72.0%.
In Jackson County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,201 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Jackson County number 46, with about 22,712 students.
Of the public schools around it, St. Martin North Elementary is closest to D'Iberville Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. St. Martin North Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: St. Martin North Elementary ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 72.0% versus a 66.2% average.
Locale data from NCES put St. Martin North Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).
Enrollment figures show a increase of 19 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.4:1 to 16.6:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- St. Martin East ElementaryElementary · 704 students
- Vancleave Lower ElementaryElementary · 686 students
Other schools in Biloxi
- Biloxi High SchoolHigh · 1,669 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- Biloxi Junior High SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- Biloxi Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 844 students
Nearby schools
- D'Iberville Middle School0.7 mi · 503
- D'Iberville Elementary2.0 mi · 367
- Gorenflo Elementary School2.5 mi · 326
- Nichols Elementary School2.6 mi · 203
- St. Martin East Elementary3.2 mi · 704
- North Bay Elementary School3.8 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About St. Martin North ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at St. Martin North Elementary?
St. Martin North Elementary enrolls approximately 537 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does St. Martin North Elementary serve?
St. Martin North Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at St. Martin North Elementary?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at St. Martin North Elementary.
How diverse is St. Martin North Elementary?
St. Martin North Elementary reports a student body of 52% White, 10% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees St. Martin North Elementary?
St. Martin North Elementary is overseen by Jackson County School District in Jackson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.