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If you had an hour of school board time for WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULFPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280171000279
West Elementary
4051 15th Street, Gulfport, MS 39501 · (228) 870-1025 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- BTest 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
14.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
485 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
55.5%
MS avg 45.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 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 down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 55.8% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 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 West Elementary
West Elementary's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Elementary this school | 492 | 98.6% | 61.8% |
| Collins Elementary School COLLINS | 474 | 99.4% | 45.8% |
| Kreole Primary Elementary MOSS POINT | 419 | 99.8% | 35.5% |
| Waynesboro Riverview School Waynesboro | 491 | 99.4% | 37.9% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Crystal Springs | 482 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
| Verona Elementary School VERONA | 364 | 99.2% | 23.6% |
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 West Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #152 of 428 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #211 of 439 ▼ 21 | #22 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #152 of 439 ▼ 1 | #20 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #147 of 453 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #169 of 408 | #14 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.4% | #213 of 409 | #22 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #178 of 444 | #11 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.2% | #8 of 90 | N/A |
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
492
-89 (-15%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 492 | 33.8 | 14.5:1 | 99% (485) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 43.3 | 11.7:1 | 99% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 42.3 | 12.4:1 | 100% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 99% (578) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 20.9 | 17.4:1 | 97% (352) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 96% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 92% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 65% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 26 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Elementary.
About West Elementary
West Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Gulfport, Mississippi. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 492 students.
Gulfport School District has 5,927 students spread across 9 schools.
Black students make up a majority at West Elementary, at 74%. Next come 10% White, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 24% Black among all Harrison County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 33.8 full-time equivalents, or about 14.5 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Mississippi have 15.9:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. About 99% of students, or 485, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harrison County average 74%.
allk12 grades West Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Mississippi public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Mississippi with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 44.8%. West Elementary posts 61.8%, 17.0 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Harrison County has about 210,891 residents, and the median household income is $59,479, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. In all, Harrison County has 55 public schools and roughly 30,521 students.
Gulfport Central Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of West Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, West Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
West Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, West Elementary's enrollment dropped 15%, to 492. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.0:1 to 14.5:1.
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Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,891
Census ACS
Median income
$59,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
30,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gulfport School District
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
- Gulfport Central MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Anniston ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 482 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
Other West Elementary schools
50 other US public schools in 25 states are named West Elementary. West Elementary is the 15th largest of the 51.
- West Elementary SchoolNATCHEZ, MS · 376 students
- West Elementary SchoolSturgis, MS · 190 students
- West ElementaryMt Juliet, TN · 849 students
- West ElementaryBixby, OK · 757 students
- West Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 740 students
Nearby schools
- Gulfport Central Middle0.1 mi · 568
- 28th Street Elementary1.5 mi · 359
- Long Beach High School2.4 mi · 895
- Long Beach Middle School2.5 mi · 475
- Central Elementary2.6 mi · 482
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL2.7 mi · 921
Frequently asked questions
About West ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at West Elementary?
West Elementary enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does West Elementary serve?
West Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is West Elementary?
West Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 10% Hispanic, 74% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees West Elementary?
West Elementary is overseen by Gulfport School District in Harrison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.