NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools MS

Best-Resourced Schools in Pass Christian, MS

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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

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Schools

1,923

Students

50/100

Avg Resource Index

11.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pass Christian has more public-school enrollment than 11% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Pass Christian lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Pass Christian's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 12-point gap between Delisle Elementary School and Pass Christian High School shows the range hidden by Pass Christian'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 89%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 87th percentile
Teacher staffing: 90th percentile

Pass Christian High School accounts for 31.4% of all Pass Christian public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Pass Christian-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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Pass Christian school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities

Pass Christian school enrollment ranges from 157 students (lowest) to 604 students (highest), a spread of 447 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Pass Christian reports 60.8% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

Pass Christian student-teacher ratio is 11.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Delisle Elementary School	55	400	Combined	Pass Christian Public School Dist
2.	Pass Christian Elem	54	378	Combined	Pass Christian Public School Dist
3.	Pass Christian Middle	50	384	middle	Pass Christian Public School Dist
4.	Pineville Elementary School	48	157	elementary	Harrison Co School Dist
5.	Pass Christian High School	43	604	high	Pass Christian Public School Dist

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pass Christian

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.

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Which Pass Christian school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Delisle Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pass Christian schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pass Christian, MS? ▼

Pass Christian has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,923 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.8:1.

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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.