Gulfport School District 鈥� Harrison County, MS

Key statistics

5,927

Students enrolled

11

Public schools

437

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.6:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 84
Kindergarten 462
Grade 1 504
Grade 2 452
Grade 3 466
Grade 4 444
Grade 5 418
Grade 6 483
Grade 7 448
Grade 8 464
Grade 9 489
Grade 10 410
Grade 11 367
Grade 12 436

By race/ethnicity

Black or African American 50%
White 32%
Hispanic/Latino 11%
Two or more races 5%
Asian 1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,156 of 5,927 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 86%
Reduced-price lunch <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$12,235 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,970
Support services $4,640
Other (food service, etc.) $625

Where the money comes from

Local 35%
State 40%
Federal 25%

Total revenue $97.0 milliontotal spending $87.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Small

Total staff (FTE)

799

District office

2001 Pass Road, Gulfport MS 39501

Phone

(228) 865-4600

County

Harrison County

Official website

NCES District ID

2801710

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About Gulfport School District

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The Gulfport School District has been recognized as a SACS/CASI Quality School District and has been assigned the overall assessment level of Highly Functioning. This assessment level assignment is the highest level of accreditation and indicates that the Gulfport School District has met the accreditation requirements for the Commitment to Continuous Improvement standard.