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Gulfport, Mississippi - 9 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Gulfport School Dist #123 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,227 per pupil, Gulfport School Dist ranks #110 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,113
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$10,227
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gulfport School Dist operates 9 public schools serving 6,113 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harrison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,227 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.9% local, 38.6% state, and 24.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 31/100, ranked #123 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (19 AP courses district-wide), a 369.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.9% African American, 28.4% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Anniston Avenue Elementary School, with a diversity index of 70.6/100.
Its largest campus is Gulfport High School, enrolling 1,702 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Twenty Eighth St Elem, at 359 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Gulfport High School accounts for 27.8% of all Gulfport School Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gulfport School Dist-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Gulfport School Dist school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Gulfport School Dist school enrollment ranges from 359 students (lowest) to 1,702 students (highest), a spread of 1,343 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Gulfport School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Gulfport School Dist student-counselor ratio is 370:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gulfport School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 25.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Gulfport School Dist is typically wider than the Gulfport School Dist-aggregate figure suggests.
Gulfport School Dist has 9 schools, including 1 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary, 5 combined. Total enrollment is 6,113 students.
How much does Gulfport School Dist spend per student?
Gulfport School Dist spends $10,227 per student. The district has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #123 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Gulfport School Dist?
Gulfport School Dist students are 52.9% African American, 28.4% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Gulfport School Dist?
Gulfport School Dist has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #123 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.