West Harrison High

West Harrison High is one of the sizable high schools in Gulfport, Mississippi, part of Harrison County School District, with 1,216 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 87% above the state mean of about 651.

Within Harrison County School District, which oversees 22 schools and 14,253 students, West Harrison High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, West Harrison High logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harrison County (around 74%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, West Harrison High ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.7%; West Harrison High posts 83.9%, +20.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harrison County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,479 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Harrison High is one of 55 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 30,521 students).

West Harrison Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

West Harrison High operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 13%: 1,078 students in 2018 compared to 1,216 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 64% to 54%.

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