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Enrollment
524
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 452
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCAGOULA-GAUTIER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280348000679
Trent Lott
2234 Pascagoula, Pascagoula, MS 39567 · (228) 938-6465 · Jackson County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Mississippi public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
378 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 276 | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 247 | 47% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
53.8%
MS avg 45.9% . +11.2pp since 2023
Math
50.8%
MS avg 52.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 50.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 51.8% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Trent Lott
Trent Lott's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Lott this school | 524 | 72.1% | 53.1% |
| William M Colmer Middle PASCAGOULA | 532 | 73.1% | 47.0% |
| Gautier Middle Gautier | 416 | 71.9% | 52.4% |
| Singing River Gautier | 416 | 70.7% | 60.7% |
| Pontotoc Jr High School Pontotoc | 361 | 71.5% | 59.0% |
| Ripley Middle School Ripley | 459 | 78.0% | 56.5% |
Matched among Mississippi middle 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 Trent Lott ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #72 of 176 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #80 of 181 ▲ 13 | #7 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #39 of 181 ▲ 34 | #7 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #53 of 186 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #19 of 163 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #8 of 164 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #115 of 184 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #41 of 119 | #1 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
524
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 524 | 47.2 | 11.1:1 | 72% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 47 | 10.9:1 | 100% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 45.3 | 11.9:1 | 100% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 43 | 12.9:1 | 100% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 42.5 | 15.8:1 | 100% (670) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 42 | 14.8:1 | 81% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 26 | 11.0:1 | 76% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 546 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 55% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 33 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trent Lott.
About Trent Lott
Trent Lott is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The student body numbers 524 students, from grades 5 through 6.
Trent Lott is run by Pascagoula-Gautier School District, whose 17 schools enroll 6,579 students.
Black students are the largest group at Trent Lott, with 44% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 26% White, 25% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Jackson County's residents are about 19% Black, 25 points below the school's share. Trent Lott has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Trent Lott in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.1:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Mississippi is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 72%. It compares with 59% for public schools in Jackson County.
Trent Lott is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Mississippi public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Trent Lott is 5.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.1% versus 58.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Mississippi.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jackson County, median household income is about $66,201, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Trent Lott is one of 46 public schools in Jackson County, which together enroll about 22,712 students.
Central Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Trent Lott ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 6%, from 556 to 524. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Trent Lott can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Pascagoula-Gautier School District
- Pascagoula HighHigh · 1,127 students
- Gautier HighHigh · 900 students
- William M Colmer MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Gautier MiddleMiddle · 416 students
- Singing RiverMiddle · 416 students
- Martin BluffElementary · 410 students
Other schools in Pascagoula
- Pascagoula HighHigh · 1,127 students
- William M Colmer MiddleMiddle · 532 students
- Eastlawn ElemElementary · 337 students
- Arlington ElemElementary · 333 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 245 students
- Cherokee ElementaryElementary · 206 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary0.2 mi · 245
- Pascagoula High0.5 mi · 1,127
- Beach Elementary0.9 mi · 100
- Eastlawn Elem1.2 mi · 337
- Lake Elem1.4 mi · 96
- William M Colmer Middle1.5 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About Trent LottHow many students attend Trent Lott?
Trent Lott enrolls approximately 524 students in grades 05-06.
What age range does Trent Lott serve?
Trent Lott serves students from grade 05 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Trent Lott?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Trent Lott is approximately 11.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Trent Lott?
Trent Lott reports a student body of 26% White, 25% Hispanic, 44% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Trent Lott in?
Trent Lott is part of Pascagoula-Gautier School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.