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Pascagoula-Gautier School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Pascagoula-Gautier School District runs 19 public schools with 6,579 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 19
- Students
- 6,579
- Teachers (FTE)
- 561
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1006 Communy Ave, Pascagoula, MS 39567
- Phone
- (228)938-6491
- County
- Jackson County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803480
- State district ID
- MS-3022
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,345
- School counselors (FTE)
- 24.0About 274 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 38.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,508), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $103.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.9 million
- State revenue
- $34.4 million
- Local revenue
- $53.1 million
- Total spending
- $95.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,730
- Salaries
- $56.6 million59.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $12.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.4%
- State: 33.2%
- Local: 51.4%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,730
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Pascagoula-Gautier School District
By level: 3 high, 4 middle, 10 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Arlington Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 333 | 15.1 |
| Beach Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 100 | 16.7 |
| Central Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 245 | 13.6 |
| Cherokee Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 206 | 12.9 |
| College & Career Technical Inst. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| College Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 303 | 13.8 |
| Eastlawn Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 337 | 14.0 |
| Gautier Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 397 | 14.7 |
| Gautier High | High | 9 to 13 | 900 | 12.7 |
| Gautier Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 416 | 10.1 |
| Jackson County Exceptional | Other | K to 12 | 44 | 6.3 |
| Jackson Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 193 | 14.8 |
| Lake Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 96 | 12.0 |
| Martin Bluff | Elementary | PK to 4 | 410 | 14.1 |
| Pascagoula High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,127 | 11.9 |
| Pascagoula Opportunity Center | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Singing River | Middle | 5 to 6 | 416 | 11.2 |
| Trent Lott | Middle | 5 to 6 | 524 | 11.1 |
| William M Colmer Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 532 | 10.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jackson County
- Jackson County School District 8,845 students
- Ocean Springs School District 5,677 students
- Moss Point School District 1,611 students
More in Mississippi
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.