Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 29,823 students enrolled in Harrison County schools in 2021-2022, 49.1% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Harrison County students.

This is a 1.3% increase over the previous school year.

West Wortham Elementary and Middle School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Harrison County schools showed 49.1% students were White and 1.9% were Asian.

There are 45 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	-	-	-	-	36.4
Jeff Davis Elementary School	-	-	-	-	37.4
Bayou View Elementary School	2.8	-	-	-	73.8
Bayou View Middle School	-	-	-	-	45.1
Bel-Aire Elementary School	-	-	-	-	19.8
Biloxi High School	4	-	-	-	43.3
Biloxi Junior High School	3.3	-	-	-	41
Biloxi Upper Elementary School	3.5	-	-	-	40.4
Central Elementary School	-	-	-	-	15.2
Crossroads Elementary School	-	-	-	-	14
Delisle Elementary School	-	-	-	-	71.8
Diberville Elementary School	10.7	-	-	-	44
Diberville Middle School	8	-	-	-	48.6
Diberville Senior High School	6.7	-	-	-	57.8
Gorenflo Elementary School	-	-	-	-	12.4
Gulfport Central Middle School	-	-	-	-	10.2
Gulfport High School	1.8	-	-	-	39.5
Harper McCaughan Elementary School	2.4	-	-	-	63.6
Harrison Central Elementary School	-	-	-	-	46.7
Harrison Central High School	1.5	-	-	-	37.1
Harrison County Child Development Center	-	-	-	-	51.7
Lizana Elementary School	0	-	-	-	89.6
Long Beach Middle School	-	-	-	-	70.7
Long Beach Senior High School	-	-	-	-	72.6
Lyman Elementary School	-	-	-	-	61.9
Nichols Elementary School	-	-	-	-	17.5
North Bay Elementary School	-	-	-	-	55.2
North Woolmarket Elementary and Middle School	-	-	-	-	75.3
Orange Grove Elementary School	-	-	-	-	41.9
Pass Christian Elementary School	-	-	-	-	39.8
Pass Christian High School	1.8	-	-	-	62
Pass Christian Middle School	-	-	-	-	57.8
Pass Road Elementary School	-	-	-	-	21.4
Pineville Elementary School	-	-	-	-	62.4
Popp's Ferry Elementary School	2.1	-	-	-	36
River Oaks Elementary School	-	-	-	-	22.2
Saucier Elementary School	-	-	-	-	89.3
Thomas L. Reeves Elementary School	-	-	-	-	67.2
Three Rivers Elementary School	-	-	-	-	37.4
Twenty-Eighth Street Elementary School	0	-	-	-	7.8
West Elementary School	-	-	-	-	12.3
West Harrison High School	1.1	-	-	-	59
West Wortham Elementary and Middle School	1.1	-	-	-	82.6
W.J. Quarles Elementary School	4	-	-	-	60.8
Woolmarket Elementary School	3.8	-	-	-	60.9

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