Pascagoula-Gautier School District | |
Address: | 1006 Communy Avenue |
City: | Pascagoula |
State: | MS |
County: | (Jackson County) |
Zipcode: | 39567 |
Country: | USA |
Grades: | PreK–12 |
Superintendent: | Billy Ellzey |
Asst Superintendent: | Belinda Dammen * Dr. Carterria Payton • |
School Board: | 5 members[1] |
Accreditations: | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and Mississippi Department of Education Office of Accreditation |
Schools: | 19 |
Budget: | $78 million[2] |
Students: | 7,256 (2016–17) |
Teachers: | 514.21 (FTE) (2016–17) |
Staff: | 830.19 (FTE) (2016–17) |
Ratio: | (2016–17) |
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District is a public school system based in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
It includes Pascagoula and most of Gautier.[3]
Prior to integration, Pascagoula High School, then located on Pascagoula Street, served the white students of Pascagoula and Gautier. Carver High School, previously named Pascagoula Negro High School, served the black students. When the schools were integrated in 1970, all high school students attended Pascagoula High School. The old Pascagoula High School campus closed in 1997. In 2010, the old school was repurposed as a retirement home after extensive renovations that preserved the architectural features of the building.[5]
From 1970 to 1997, all students from both Pascagoula and Gautier in grades 10-12 attended Pascagoula High School. Sometime before 1989, 10th graders began to be housed at what was known as "The Annex" in the former Carver High School building due to the limited capacity of the old Pascagoula High School. Gautier students in grades K-9 attended schools within the city of Gautier. 9th graders in both cities attended Pascagoula Junior High School, Colmer Junior High School (also in Pascagoula), and Gautier Junior High School.
In 1997, the school district built two new high schools: one for Pascagoula and one for Gautier. This would be the first time that Gautier had its own high school.
In 2009, Trent Lott Middle School and Colmer Middle School merged.[6] All Pascagoula 6th graders attended Trent Lott 6th Grade Academy in the former Trent Lott Middle School building. Pascagoula 7th and 8th graders now attended Colmer Middle School. After renovations to Trent Lott Academy in 2011, Pascagoula 5th graders now attend Trent Lott Academy as well.[7]
Gautier schools later reorganized similarly. In 2013, Singing River Elementary was repurposed as Singing River Academy and now holds Gautier's 5th and 6th graders. Students who used to attend Singing River Elementary were split among the three remaining elementary schools in Gautier.[7]
There were a total of 7,256 students enrolled in the Pascagoula-Gautier School District during the 2016–2017 school year.
School Year | Enrollment | Gender Makeup | Racial Makeup | |||||
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Female | Male | Asian | African American | Hispanic | Native American | White | ||
2005-06[8] | 6,748 | 48% | 52% | 1.51% | 46.53% | 3.17% | 0.22% | 48.56% |
2004-05 | 7,559 | 48% | 52% | 1.34% | 45.05% | 3.04% | 0.28% | 50.30% |
2003-04 | 7,496 | 48% | 52% | 1.59% | 44.13% | 2.63% | 0.21% | 51.44% |
2002-03[9] | 7,491 | 49% | 51% | 1.51% | 43.00% | 2.54% | 0.25% | 52.70% |
2018-19[10] | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | ||
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District Accountability Grade | B | B | B | ||
School Accountability Grades | |||||
Number of Schools With "A" Rating | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
Number of Schools With "B" Rating | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | |
Number of Schools With "C" Rating | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of Schools With "D" Rating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of Schools With "F" Rating | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |