Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 30,852 students enrolled in Harrison County schools in 2020-2021, 47% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Harrison County students.

This is a 1.1% decrease from the previous school year.

West Wortham Elementary and Middle School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Harrison County schools showed 47% students were White, 35.9% were Black or African American, 7.8% were Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% were Two or More Races and 1.8% 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	2.3	36	19.5	4.6	37.6
Bayou View Elementary School	2.5	18.2	6.2	1.7	70.9
Bayou View Middle School	-	35.9	10.4	3.2	48.5
Bel-Aire Elementary School	-	56.3	12.3	7.3	21.7
Biloxi High School	4.7	33.9	13.3	4.3	43.5
Biloxi Junior High School	3.1	35.1	15.5	5.6	39.9
Biloxi Upper Elementary School	3.7	33	17.6	7.8	37.5
Central Elementary School	-	67.2	12.3	-	17.1
Crossroads Elementary School	-	71.5	8.1	5.4	13.7
Delisle Elementary School	-	14.3	-	10.8	73.1
Diberville Elementary School	10.7	24.5	10	11.4	42.8
Diberville Middle School	8.3	29	7.9	5.6	48.3
Diberville Senior High School	6.9	22.7	6.8	3.6	59.4
Gorenflo Elementary School	-	49.6	28.5	6.6	11.7
Gulfport Central Middle School	-	79.8	5.2	2.7	10.7
Gulfport High School	1.5	49.6	5.4	1.5	41.6
Harper McCaughan Elementary School	2.5	19.4	2.8	12.8	62.5
Harrison Central Elementary School	-	52.1	3.3	7.8	34
Harrison Central High School	1.4	50.2	4.5	4.3	38.9
Harrison County Child Development Center	-	23.2	-	-	53.6
Jeff Davis Elementary School	-	33	18.6	7.8	38.4
Lizana Elementary School	-	-	-	6.5	90.2
Long Beach Middle School	-	14.7	2.5	9.9	70.9
Long Beach Senior High School	2.8	14.5	2.8	6.6	73
Lyman Elementary School	-	31.8	4.3	9.5	53.3
Nichols Elementary School	-	45.2	26.1	8.1	17.3
North Bay Elementary School	-	17	13.5	8.9	54.5
North Gulfport Middle School	1.1	62.7	5.8	4.2	25.9
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School	-	9.6	5.8	4.5	78.7
Orange Grove Elementary School	-	53.8	5.8	6.5	31.5
Pass Christian Elementary School	-	42.9	-	14.8	37.5
Pass Christian High School	-	27	2.1	5.5	63.2
Pass Christian Middle School	2.4	25	2.6	8.8	60.2
Pass Road Elementary School	-	66.3	8.7	7.3	16.9
Pineville Elementary School	-	10.3	-	-	69.8
Popp's Ferry Elementary School	-	37.5	15.6	9.9	35
River Oaks Elementary School	-	51.8	21.4	7	18.5
Saucier Elementary School	-	4.6	-	4.3	89.7
Thomas L. Reeves Elementary School	-	10.9	-	13.6	73.1
Three Rivers Elementary School	-	46.9	-	10.1	35.7
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary School	-	84.5	5.9	-	5.9
West Elementary School	-	76.2	6.5	3.8	12.2
West Harrison High School	1.1	30.9	2.9	3.3	61.1
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School	-	6.6	3.6	3.7	84.5
W.J. Quarles Elementary School	-	18.7	-	16.5	59.9
Woolmarket Elementary School	3.6	23.9	6.6	6.4	59

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