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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280267000521
Quarles Elementary
111 Quarles Street, Long Beach, MS 39560 · (228) 864-3946 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
250 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 26% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Long Beach School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
MS avg 45.9% . -25.1pp since 2023
Math
69.9%
MS avg 52.8% . -9.0pp 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 70 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 69.9% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 78.9% |
% 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
70.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Quarles Elementary
Quarles Elementary's state test result (70.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarles Elementary this school | 429 | 58.3% | 70.4% |
| St. Martin East Elementary Ocean Springs | 704 | 60.1% | 65.5% |
| Oxford Early Childhood Center Oxford | 277 | 52.7% | 74.2% |
| Saltillo Elementary School SALTILLO | 696 | 55.6% | 56.5% |
| Longleaf Elementary Hattiesburg | 787 | 56.5% | 68.6% |
| Early Childhood Education Center Tupelo | 322 | 60.2% | 53.3% |
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 Quarles Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #81 of 428 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #82 of 439 ▼ 43 | #11 of 30 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #174 of 439 ▼ 146 | #22 of 30 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #192 of 453 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #46 of 408 | #1 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #154 of 409 | #19 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #382 of 444 | #26 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #176 of 296 | #14 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
429
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 429 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 58% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 33.4 | 12.8:1 | 60% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 34.2 | 12.4:1 | 99% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 99% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 35.2 | 13.8:1 | 62% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 59% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 61% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 38% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quarles Elementary.
About Quarles Elementary
This page covers Quarles Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Long Beach, Mississippi. Its enrollment is 429 students, spread over pre-K through 3.
Long Beach School District is the local district for Quarles Elementary. It runs 5 schools with 2,874 students.
Of every 100 students at Quarles Elementary, about 66 are White. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 2% Hispanic. The diversity index for Quarles Elementary is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Quarles Elementary comes to 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.6:1. Elementary schools in Mississippi average 15.9:1, 3.2 more students per teacher than here. Quarles Elementary counts 58% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 74% average for public schools in Harrison County.
On the allk12 Grade, Quarles Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Mississippi public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.1%.
Census data for Harrison County show median household income comes to about $59,479, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 55 public schools and about 30,521 students.
Of the public schools around it, Quarles Elementary is closest to Harper McCaughan Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Quarles Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Quarles Elementary's average proficiency of 70.4% compares with 66.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Quarles Elementary is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 454 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 429 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.6:1, from 15.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Quarles Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Long Beach School District
- Long Beach High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Harper McCaughan ElementaryMiddle · 622 students
- Long Beach Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
- Reeves ElementaryElementary · 453 students
Other schools in Long Beach
- Long Beach High SchoolHigh · 895 students
- Harper McCaughan ElementaryMiddle · 622 students
- Long Beach Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
- Reeves ElementaryElementary · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Harper McCaughan Elementary0.6 mi · 622
- Long Beach Middle School1.4 mi · 475
- Long Beach High School1.6 mi · 895
- Reeves Elementary1.8 mi · 453
- Pineville Elementary3.0 mi · 157
- 28th Street Elementary3.4 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Quarles ElementaryHow many students attend Quarles Elementary?
Quarles Elementary enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Quarles Elementary serve?
Quarles Elementary serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quarles Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quarles Elementary is approximately 12.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Quarles Elementary?
Student demographics at Quarles Elementary are roughly 66% White, 2% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Quarles Elementary in?
Quarles Elementary is part of Long Beach School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.