Pascagoula-Gautier School District

Pascagoula-Gautier School District
Address
1006 Communy Avenue
Pascagoula
, (Jackson County), MS, 39567
United States
District information
GradesPreK–12[1]
Established1912; 112 years ago (1912)
President[2]
SuperintendentBilly Ellzey[1]
Asst. superintendent(s)Belinda Dammen * Dr. Carterria Payton •
School board5 members[2]
Accreditation(s)Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and Mississippi Department of Education Office of Accreditation[3]
Schools19[1]
Budget$78 million[3]
Students and staff
Students7,256 (2016–17)[1]
Teachers514.21 (FTE) (2016–17)[1]
Staff830.19 (FTE) (2016–17)[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.11∶1 (2016–17)[1]
Other information
Websitewww.pgsd.ms

The Pascagoula-Gautier School District is a public school system based in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

It includes Pascagoula and most of Gautier.[4]

Schools

Pascagoula

High School (Grades 9–12)
  • Gautier High School
  • Pascagoula High School
Middle Schools (Grades 5–8)
  • Colmer Middle School (Grades 7–8)
  • Trent Lott Academy (Grades 5–6)
Elementary Schools (Grades PreK-4)
  • Arlington Elementary
  • Beach Elementary
  • Central Elementary
  • Cherokee Elementary
  • Eastlawn Elementary
  • Jackson Elementary
  • Lake Elementary

Gautier

High School (Grades 9–12)
  • Gautier High School - Opened in 1997[5]
Middle Schools (Grades 5–8)
  • Gautier Middle School (Grades 7–8)
  • Singing River Academy (Grades 5–6)
Elementary Schools (Grades PreK-4)
  • College Park Elementary
  • Gautier Elementary
  • Martin Bluff Elementary

District Campuses

  • Jackson County Exceptional School
  • Opportunity Center
  • College & Career Technical Institute (Grades 9–12)

History

Integration

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.[6]

New High Schools

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.

Middle School Reconfigurations

In 2009, Trent Lott Middle School and Colmer Middle School merged.[7] 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.[8]

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.[8]

Demographics

2016-17 school year

There were a total of 7,256 students enrolled in the Pascagoula-Gautier School District during the 2016–2017 school year.[1]

Previous school years

School Year Enrollment Gender Makeup Racial Makeup
Female Male Asian African
American 		Hispanic Native
American 		White
2005-06[9] 6,748 48% 52% 1.51% 46.53% 3.17% 0.22% 48.56%
2004-05[9] 7,559 48% 52% 1.34% 45.05% 3.04% 0.28% 50.30%
2003-04[9] 7,496 48% 52% 1.59% 44.13% 2.63% 0.21% 51.44%
2002-03[10] 7,491 49% 51% 1.51% 43.00% 2.54% 0.25% 52.70%

Mississippi Succeeds Report Card

2018-19[11] 2019-20[11] 2020-21[11] 2021-22[11]
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


Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Pascagoula-gautier School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "About Us – About Us – Pascagoula - Gautier School District". Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "About Us – About Us – Pascagoula - Gautier School District". Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jackson County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list
  5. ^ "History". Gautier High School. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  6. ^ Wilkinson, Kaija (December 22, 2010). "Old Pascagoula High School becomes new apartments for seniors". gulflive. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "Pascagoula middle schools will merge next year". www.wlox.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Pascagoula's 5th and 6th graders now under one roof". www.wlox.com. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  10. ^ "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. September 2, 2004. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  11. ^ a b c d "Mississippi Succeeds Report Card". msrc.mdek12.org. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  12. ^ Associated Press (January 12, 2015). "Hank Bounds, former Pascagoula school superintendent and principal, named president of University of Nebraska (updated)". The Mississippi Press. Alabama Live LLC. Retrieved February 13, 2019 – via blog.gulflive.com.

30°21′32″N 88°33′16″W / 30.358835°N 88.554394°W / 30.358835; -88.554394