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Three Rivers Elementary
Test scores
MAAP 2023-24 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 2022, while math scores have held steady.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Three Rivers Elementary
Three Rivers Elementary is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in GULFPORT, Mississippi, operated by Harrison County School District, hosting 492 students in grades K through 6.
Harrison County School District comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 14,253 students; Three Rivers Elementary is among them.
Looking at the student body, Three Rivers Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the resource side, On paper, Three Rivers Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Three Rivers Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Harrison County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Harrison County) shows that median household income runs about $59,479, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harrison County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,521 students), Three Rivers Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: River Oaks Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Three Rivers Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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