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What's the most underrated thing about WEST WORTHAM ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
844
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280177000959
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School
20199 WEST WORTHAM ROAD, SAUCIER, MS 39574 · (228) 831-1276 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL844 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- ATest 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
12.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
586 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 117 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (117).
Student demographics
32%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
69.3%
MS avg 45.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
79.5%
MS avg 52.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 80.3% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% 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 19 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 Wortham Elementary and Middle School
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Wortham Elementary and Middle School this school | 844 | 69.4% | 78.0% |
| Central Elementary School LUCEDALE | 660 | 70.2% | 68.5% |
| East Jones Elementary Laurel | 794 | 74.4% | 57.4% |
| East Union Attendance Center BLUE SPRINGS | 950 | 67.3% | 75.4% |
| Itawamba Attendance Center Fulton | 1,129 | 67.7% | 61.9% |
| South Forrest Attendance Center Brooklyn | 604 | 68.5% | 69.0% |
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 Wortham Elementary and Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #30 of 428 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #36 of 439 ▼ 5 | #4 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #46 of 439 ▲ 20 | #9 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 844 | #28 of 453 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #64 of 408 | #3 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #273 of 409 | #27 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.4% | #327 of 444 | #21 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.6% | #39 of 296 | #2 of 24 |
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
844
-310 (-27%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 1,120
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 844 | 65.3 | 12.9:1 | 69% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 878 | 67.4 | 13.0:1 | 64% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 934 | 65.6 | 14.3:1 | 100% (931) |
| 2020-21 | 1,154 | 78 | 14.8:1 | 100% (1,151) |
| 2017-18 | 1,234 | 80.3 | 15.4:1 | 61% (754) |
| 2015-16 | 1,233 | 72 | 17.1:1 | 64% (794) |
| 2010-11 | 1,174 | 68 | 17.3:1 | 70% (816) |
| 2000-01 | 1,120 | 56 | 20.0:1 | 55% (621) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Wortham Elementary and Middle School.
About West Wortham Elementary and Middle School
The public elementary school West Wortham Elementary and Middle School is located in SAUCIER, Mississippi. There are 844 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. The school is 89% larger than the average for elementary schools in Mississippi.
The 22 schools in Harrison County School District enroll 14,253 students altogether, West Wortham Elementary and Middle School among them.
At West Wortham Elementary and Middle School, 82% of students are White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Harrison County is about 62% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, West Wortham Elementary and Middle School scores 32%.
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School has 65.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.9:1. The school's 12.9:1 compares with an average of 15.9:1 for elementary schools in Mississippi. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 69%.
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School is in the top 10% of Mississippi schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.5%. The school's actual rate is 78.0%, 18.5 points higher.
Harrison County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $59,479 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. West Wortham Elementary and Middle School shares Harrison County with 54 other public schools.
About 5.0 miles separate West Wortham Elementary and Middle School from the closest public school, Lizana Elementary. The ten-mile area around West Wortham Elementary and Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts West Wortham Elementary and Middle School at 4th of 9.
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment fell 27% over 4 years, reaching 844 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.8:1 in 2020-21 and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- West Harrison HighHigh · 1,216 students
- CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLEElementary · 996 students
- NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLElementary · 921 students
- North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Lizana Elementary5.0 mi · 393
- Saucier Elementary5.5 mi · 325
- Harrison Central High6.0 mi · 1,483
- Lyman Elementary6.7 mi · 524
- West Harrison Middle8.8 mi · 650
- Three Rivers Elementary8.9 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About West Wortham Elementary and Middle SchoolHow many students attend West Wortham Elementary and Middle School?
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School enrolls approximately 844 students in grades KG-08.
Is West Wortham Elementary and Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does West Wortham Elementary and Middle School have?
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at West Wortham Elementary and Middle School?
Student demographics at West Wortham Elementary and Middle School are roughly 82% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is West Wortham Elementary and Middle School in?
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School is part of Harrison County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.