Elementary · Mississippi
West Elementary
West Elementary, a public elementary school in Gulfport, Mississippi: grades pre-k–5, 492 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gulfport School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary 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
- 492
- Teachers (FTE)
- 33.8
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 14.9 · 423 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 50% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 66% of elementary schools in Mississippi
Median 403 · 428 schools compared
Larger than 65% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- 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
- 4051 15th Street, Gulfport, MS 39501
- Phone
- (228)870-1025
- City or town
- Gulfport
- County
- Harrison County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
28th Street ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 359 | 14.5 |
| Pre-K–5 | 482 | 12.8 | |
North Gulfport Elementary and MiddlFree meals for all | K–8 | 921 | 13.1 |
| Pre-K–3 | 429 | 12.6 | |
Pass Road ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 377 | 13.7 |
| Pre-K–3 | 453 | 14.1 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
NCES 280171000279