Black students made up 52.4% of the 6,113 students enrolled in Gulfport School District during the 2022-23 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
This is a 4.0% decrease from the previous school year.
Gulfport High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,728 students.
A snapshot of Gulfport School District showed 52.4% of students were Black, 33.5% were white, 8.6% were Hispanic, 3.8% were multiracial, and 0.5% Asian.
Gulfport School District roughly covers nine schools within Harrison County and has a main office in Gulfport.
Mississippi’s schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniston Avenue Elementary School | 0% | 37.8% | 19.3% | 6.3% | 36.6% |
| Bayou View Elementary School | 3.1% | 15.3% | 4.6% | 2.4% | 74.6% |
| Bayou View Middle School | 1.5% | 37.4% | 11.3% | 3.8% | 46.0% |
| Central Elementary School | 0% | 67.5% | 12.5% | 5.8% | 14.2% |
| Gulfport Central Middle School | 0% | 80.2% | 5.3% | 4.4% | 10.1% |
| Gulfport High School | 0% | 50.9% | 6.7% | 5.0% | 37.4% |
| Pass Road Elementary School | 0% | 55.0% | 12.3% | 7.8% | 24.9% |
| Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary School | 0% | 85.1% | 3.4% | 4.8% | 6.7% |
| West Elementary School | 0% | 75.0% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 12.8% |
