📍 340 St. Mary Blvd., Biloxi, Harrison County, 39531
Back Bay Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Biloxi, Harrison County. The school has 535 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Biloxi Public School Dist school district. It serves grades K–4 in an urban setting. The school employs 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Back Bay Elementary School enrolls 535 students across grades K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 37% White, 33% Black or African American and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 198 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 178 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 74 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 14% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
532 of the school's 535 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 383 qualify for free lunch and 149 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Back Bay Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-40, state senate district 50, state house district 115.
Back Bay Elementary School is one of 10 schools in BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in BILOXI, Mississippi. The district serves 5,699 students district-wide and employs 456 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 535 students, Back Bay Elementary School is close to the district average of about 570 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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