NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools MS

Best-Resourced Schools in Biloxi, MS

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13 public K-12 schools in Biloxi from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
10,094
Students
39.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Biloxi has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Biloxi sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

9 of Biloxi's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 42-point gap between North Bay Elementary School and Diberville Senior High Sch shows the range hidden by Biloxi's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
43rd percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Biloxi High School accounts for 16.5% of all Biloxi public-school enrollment

That concentration means Biloxi-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Biloxi school enrollment varies 8.2× across entities

Biloxi school enrollment ranges from 203 students (lowest) to 1,669 students (highest), a spread of 1,466 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Biloxi reports 63.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Biloxi student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Biloxi is typically wider than the Biloxi-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. North Bay Elementary School 64
2. Woolmarket Elementary School 53
3. Back Bay Elementary School 49
4. Gorenflo Elementary School 47
5. North Woolmarket Elementary and Mid 41
6. Biloxi Upper Elementary 38
7. Popps Ferry Elementary School 37
8. Biloxi Junior High 35
9. St Martin N Elementary School 35
10. Nichols Elementary School 33
11. Biloxi High School 31
12. Creekbend Elementary and Middle 28
13. Diberville Senior High Sch 22

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Biloxi

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Back Bay Elementary School 72.5/100
  2. 2 Biloxi Upper Elementary 71.6/100
  3. 3 Biloxi Junior High 71.2/100
  4. 4 Nichols Elementary School 70.6/100
  5. 5 Popps Ferry Elementary School 70.0/100

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Which Biloxi school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

North Bay Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Biloxi schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Biloxi, MS? ▼

Biloxi has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,094 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.