Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 32,847 students enrolled in Harrison County schools in 2019-2020, 48.1% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Harrison County students.

This is a 1.4% decrease from the previous school year.

West Wortham Elementary and Middle School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Harrison County schools showed 48.1% students were White, 35.9% were Black or African American, 7.5% were Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% were Two or More Races and 1.9% were Asian.

There are 46 schools in Harrison County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Anniston Avenue Elementary School	-	39.2	19.1	4.6	35.1
Bayou View Elementary School	2.6	17.7	5.3	-	72.6
Bayou View Middle School	1.7	36.3	8.6	3.3	49.4
Bel-Aire Elementary School	-	62.1	10	5.6	19.6
Biloxi High School	5.1	34.6	11.5	3.3	45
Biloxi Junior High School	3.2	34.2	15.8	4	42.4
Biloxi Upper Elementary School	3.1	34	17.8	5.5	39
Central Elementary School	-	68.5	9.3	-	17.8
Crossroads Elementary School	-	71.9	7.8	4.7	14.2
Delisle Elementary School	-	14.7	-	9.6	73.4
Diberville Elementary School	9.6	25	8.5	10.8	45.6
Diberville Middle School	8.2	28.3	7.8	5.2	49.8
Diberville Senior High School	7.1	20.8	6.6	3.6	61.2
Gorenflo Elementary School	4.4	54	25	-	12.7
Gulfport Central Middle School	-	76.3	4.8	2.7	15
Gulfport High School	1.6	49.2	5.7	1.2	42.1
Harper McCaughan Elementary School	-	17	2.3	12.5	66.2
Harrison Central Elementary School	-	50	4	7.1	37.2
Harrison Central High School	1.2	49.8	4.5	1.9	42.2
Harrison County Child Development Center	-	38.5	12.8	-	41
Jeff Davis Elementary School	-	32.3	17.8	8.1	40.4
Lizana Elementary School	-	2.6	-	2.9	92.5
Long Beach Middle School	2.4	17.3	2.1	8.4	69.8
Long Beach Senior High School	2.7	16.8	3	6.4	70.9
Lyman Elementary School	-	32.9	4.7	6.4	55.1
Nichols Elementary School	-	44.4	25.6	8.2	19.7
North Bay Elementary School	-	17.6	11.3	9.4	55.9
North Gulfport Middle School	-	60.8	5.1	4.4	27.9
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School	1	10.3	6.9	3.9	77.4
Orange Grove Elementary School	-	54.5	3.5	5.7	34.1
Pass Christian Elementary School	2.5	37	2.5	18.2	39.8
Pass Christian High School	2.8	27.2	-	4.4	63.2
Pass Christian Middle School	1.9	27.8	2.7	9.2	57.7
Pass Road Elementary School	-	61.6	11	3.1	23
Pineville Elementary School	-	11.5	6.8	-	70.3
Popp's Ferry Elementary School	-	34.7	15.7	8.9	37.9
River Oaks Elementary School	-	52.7	18.4	6.3	21.7
Saucier Elementary School	-	3.6	-	2.8	91.2
Thomas L. Reeves Elementary School	-	14.3	-	15.9	66.7
Three Rivers Elementary School	-	47.1	5.2	9.2	36.1
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary School	-	84	5.1	-	6.7
West Elementary School	-	75.1	6.8	4.3	12.5
West Harrison High School	1.3	31.8	2.7	2	61.6
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School	-	4.5	2.7	4	87.8
W.J. Quarles Elementary School	3.9	18.8	-	17.2	58.3
Woolmarket Elementary School	3.6	23.1	8.2	7	57.7

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.