This is a 2.3% decrease from the previous school year.
Pascagoula High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,187 students.
A snapshot of Pascagoula Gautier School District showed 44% of students were Black, 30.7% were white, 17.8% were Hispanic, and 3.6% multiracial.
Pascagoula Gautier School District roughly covers 17 schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Pascagoula.
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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Heights Elementary School | 0% | 57.3% | 26.1% | 5.9% | 10.7% |
| Beach Elementary School | 0% | 17.1% | 0% | 5.8% | 77.1% |
| Central Elementary School | 0% | 46.2% | 17.8% | 11.6% | 24.4% |
| Cherokee Elementary School | 0% | 35.5% | 24.7% | 10.2% | 29.6% |
| College Park Elementary | 0% | 31.1% | 18.7% | 9.9% | 40.3% |
| Eastlawn Elementary School | 0% | 38.2% | 15.0% | 8.0% | 38.8% |
| Exceptional School | 0% | 41.5% | 0% | 21.9% | 36.6% |
| Gautier Elementary School | 0% | 46.5% | 14.2% | 10.9% | 28.4% |
| Gautier High School | 0% | 44.0% | 18.1% | 5.7% | 32.2% |
| Gautier Middle School | 0% | 42.6% | 18.0% | 6.1% | 33.3% |
| Jackson Elementary School | 0% | 56.2% | 21.9% | 10.1% | 11.8% |
| Lake Elementary School | 0% | 28.0% | 0% | 15.0% | 57.0% |
| Martin Bluff | 0% | 34.6% | 13.4% | 10.7% | 41.3% |
| Pascagoula High School | 0% | 47.8% | 19.5% | 4.4% | 28.3% |
| Singing River Academy | 0% | 42.4% | 16.2% | 7.6% | 33.8% |
| Trent Lott Academy | 0% | 47.2% | 20.5% | 7.4% | 24.9% |
| William M. Colmer Middle School | 0% | 48.2% | 18.4% | 6.5% | 26.9% |
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