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Popps Ferry Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
364 Nelson Road
Biloxi, MS 39531
Phone
(228) 436-5135
District
BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST
County
HARRISON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
520
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

10

(10 is best)

Better than 90.6% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Popps Ferry Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
65%
48%
62%
47%
67%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
62%
45%
52%
44%
72%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 128 24.6%
Grade 1 119 22.9%
Grade 2 100 19.2%
Grade 3 79 15.2%
Grade 4 84 16.2%
Total 520 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 40.6% 43.2% 44.9%
Black 39.9% 35.7% 48.3%
Hispanic 16.5% 16.8% 4.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.4% 3.5% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.7% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.4% 99.6% 99.6%
Free lunch eligible 99.4% 99.6% 99.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 41,166 2,940,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,706.7 61
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 20.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.5% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 25.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.3% 15.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 16,549 1,104,946
Single Parent Households With Children 11.3% 10.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.0% 85.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.7% 23.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.9% 8.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.0% 12.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.3% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.4% 18.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.2% 17.2%
$15,000 or less 12.8% 15.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,486 $34,611,174 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $762 $4,807,458 6.0%
Staff $507 $3,198,663 4.0%
General Administration $200 $1,261,800 1.6%
School Administration $420 $2,649,780 3.3%
Operation $1,425 $8,990,325 11.3%
Transportation $383 $2,416,347 3.0%
Other $319 $2,012,571 2.5%
Total Support $4,015 $25,330,635 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,132 $19,759,788 24.8%
Total Expenditures $12,633 $79,701,597 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,791 $2,571,482,498 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $243,578,641 4.8%
Staff $462 $205,231,515 4.0%
General Administration $345 $153,073,043 3.0%
School Administration $608 $270,083,878 5.3%
Operation $1,028 $456,579,060 8.9%
Transportation $455 $201,987,912 4.0%
Other $271 $120,561,198 2.4%
Total Support $3,718 $1,651,159,564 32.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,991 $884,119,624 17.3%
Total Expenditures $11,500 $5,106,741,850 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%