Middle · Mississippi

Gulfport Central Middle

Free meals for all

Gulfport Central Middle, a public middle school in Gulfport, Mississippi: grades 6–8, 568 students, 11.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gulfport School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 568
Teachers (FTE): 49.4
Students per teacher: 11.5
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 13.2 · 180 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 76% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 374 · 181 schools compared

Larger than 55% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Mississippi's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Mississippi: 47%

37%proficient

+0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 51% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 37% · 181 middle schools compared

537 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Mississippi: 52%

39%proficient

−5.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 64% of middle schools in Mississippi

Median 47% · 181 middle schools compared

536 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Gulfport School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gulfport School District.

Location

Address: 1310 42nd Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501
Phone: (228)870-1035
City or town: Gulfport
County: Harrison County

Website Quality of life in Gulfport Schools in Gulfport

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Long Beach Middle School	7–8	475	17.3	61%	74%	2.4 mi
Harper McCaughan Elementary	4–6	622	13.9	61%	74%	3.3 mi
Bayou View MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	827	14.2	60%	63%	4.2 mi
Orange Grove Elementary	4–6	346	17.2	63%	55%	5.9 mi
West Harrison Middle	7–8	650	14.6	52%	60%	7.4 mi
Pass Christian Middle School	6–8	384	13.7	52%	70%	9.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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