This is a 0.6% increase over the previous school year.
Ocean Springs High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,845 students.
A snapshot of Ocean Springs School District schools showed 72.9% of students were white, 12.2% were Black, 5.9% were multiracial, 5.4% were Hispanic, and 2.6% Asian.
Ocean Springs School District roughly covers six schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Ocean Springs.
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 % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Magnolia Park Elementary School | 0% | 13.1% | 5.3% | 11.2% | 70.4% |
Oak Park Elementary School | 2.0% | 6.9% | 2.2% | 8.0% | 80.9% |
Ocean Springs High School | 3.4% | 13.3% | 5.3% | 5.2% | 72.8% |
Ocean Springs Middle School | 3.0% | 12.5% | 7.0% | 4.2% | 73.3% |
Ocean Springs Upper Elementary School | 3.9% | 13.0% | 5.6% | 4.7% | 72.8% |
Pecan Park Elementary School | 0% | 10.0% | 5.5% | 16.3% | 68.2% |