This is a 1.5% increase over the previous school year.
Long Beach Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 932 students.
A snapshot of Long Beach School District showed 68.2% of students were white, 15.4% were Black, 11.8% were multiracial, 1.5% were Asian, and 0.4% Hispanic.
Long Beach School District roughly covers five schools within Harrison County and has a main office in Long Beach.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper McCaughan Elementary School | 3.4% | 16.0% | 1.8% | 14.7% | 64.1% |
| Long Beach Middle School | 0% | 18.1% | 0% | 14.8% | 67.1% |
| Long Beach Senior High School | 2.4% | 14.4% | 0% | 10.4% | 72.8% |
| Thomas L. Reeves Elementary School | 0% | 11.6% | 0% | 18.6% | 69.8% |
| W.J. Quarles Elementary School | 0% | 17.4% | 0% | 17.8% | 64.8% |
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