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Does WEST HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,216
High
DISTRICT 1,392 · STATE 651
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177001347
West Harrison High
10399 County Farm Road, Gulfport, MS 39503 · (228) 539-8900 · Harrison County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,216 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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
17.6:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 12.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
787 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 352 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 353 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 267 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 244 | 20% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
70.6%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
92.6%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.6% | 92.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 90.0% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% 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 21 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 Harrison High
West Harrison High's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Harrison High this school | 1,216 | 64.7% | 83.3% |
| Picayune Memorial High School Picayune | 940 | 62.7% | 65.8% |
| Pearl High School PEARL | 1,278 | 58.0% | 66.9% |
| Neshoba Central High School PHILADELPHIA | 908 | 66.2% | 68.1% |
| Northeast Jones High School Laurel | 938 | 66.3% | 59.9% |
| Gulfport High School Gulfport | 1,702 | 55.7% | 71.4% |
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 West Harrison High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #4 of 192 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.6% | #4 of 199 ▲ 2 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #7 of 199 ▲ 2 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,216 | #27 of 203 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #184 of 192 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #41 of 192 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #127 of 194 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #22 of 63 | 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
1,216
+171 (+16%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 1,048
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,216 | 69.3 | 17.6:1 | 65% (787) |
| 2023-24 | 1,154 | 65 | 17.8:1 | 62% (715) |
| 2022-23 | 1,124 | 63.8 | 17.6:1 | 100% (1,121) |
| 2020-21 | 1,045 | 56 | 18.7:1 | 100% (1,042) |
| 2017-18 | 1,078 | 61.4 | 17.6:1 | 60% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 1,020 | 60 | 17.0:1 | 66% (677) |
| 2010-11 | 1,048 | 62 | 16.9:1 | 63% (655) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Harrison High.
About West Harrison High
West Harrison High is a large high school in Gulfport, Mississippi, one of the schools in Harrison County School District. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,216 students. For comparison, high schools in Mississippi average about 651 students.
West Harrison High sits within Harrison County School District, which has 22 schools and 14,253 students.
A majority of students at West Harrison High, 54%, are White. Other reported shares: 36% Black and 6% Hispanic. West Harrison High has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 69.3 full-time equivalents, or about 17.6 students per teacher. Among high schools in Mississippi, the typical ratio is 12.6:1. About 65% of students, or 787, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Harrison County is 74%.
West Harrison High is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of Mississippi public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Mississippi with West Harrison High's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 61.9%. West Harrison High scores 83.3%.
In the county around the school, Harrison County, median household income is about $59,479, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. A total of 55 public schools operate in Harrison County, serving about 30,521 students.
The nearest other public school, West Harrison Middle, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of West Harrison High. West Harrison High places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, West Harrison High went from 1,045 students to 1,216. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.7:1 in 2020-21, and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Harrison County School District
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- D'Iberville HighHigh · 1,478 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
- West Wortham Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 844 students
Other schools in Gulfport
- Gulfport High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Harrison Central HighHigh · 1,483 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- Bayou View MiddleMiddle · 827 students
- West Harrison MiddleMiddle · 650 students
- Bayou View ElementaryElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- West Harrison Middle0.5 mi · 650
- Quarles Elementary4.7 mi · 429
- Harper McCaughan Elementary5.3 mi · 622
- Pineville Elementary5.4 mi · 157
- Orange Grove Elementary5.5 mi · 346
- Harrison Central Elementary5.6 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About West Harrison HighHow many students attend West Harrison High?
West Harrison High enrolls approximately 1,216 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does West Harrison High serve?
West Harrison High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does West Harrison High have?
West Harrison High employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at West Harrison High?
Student demographics at West Harrison High are roughly 54% White, 6% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is West Harrison High public or private?
West Harrison High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.