This is a 1.9% increase over the previous school year.
Biloxi High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,724 students.
A snapshot of Biloxi Public School District schools showed 39.9% of students were white, 33.1% were Black, 15.6% were Hispanic, 7.5% were multiracial, and 2.4% Asian.
Biloxi Public School District roughly covers eight schools within Harrison County and has a main office in Biloxi.
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 a 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 % | Multiracial % | White % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Back Bay Elementary School | 0% | 35.3% | 16.3% | 11.0% | 37.4% |
Biloxi High School | 4.0% | 33.8% | 13.4% | 5.5% | 43.3% |
Biloxi Junior High School | 3.3% | 32.0% | 16.4% | 7.3% | 41.0% |
Biloxi Upper Elementary School | 3.5% | 31.4% | 15.1% | 9.6% | 40.4% |
Gorenflo Elementary School | 0% | 51.2% | 28.0% | 8.4% | 12.4% |
Nichols Elementary School | 0% | 47.7% | 20.0% | 14.8% | 17.5% |
North Bay Elementary School | 0% | 18.0% | 12.8% | 14.0% | 55.2% |
Popp's Ferry Elementary School | 2.1% | 35.4% | 14.6% | 11.9% | 36.0% |