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Schools in Hancock County, MS

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Schools

6,126

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedEast Hancock Elementary School3^rd of 377 Mississippi elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Bay High School up 37 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Our Lady Academy 12.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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6 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (private or too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MAAP English Language Arts (2026)						MAAP Mathematics (2026)						MAAP Algebra I (2026)	MAAP English II (2026)	MAAP Science (2026)		MAAP Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAAP Algebra I End of Course	MAAP English II End of Course	MAAP Science 5th Grade	MAAP Science 8th Grade	MAAP Biology End of Course	Total
Bay High School	Public	9-12	750 Blue Meadow Road	Bay St Louis	39520	Hancock County	Bay Waveland School District	No	No	No	No	(228) 467-6611	491	34	14.2	—	309 (62.9%)	106 (21.6%)	46 (9.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (5.3%)	85.8	16^th of 224 public high schools	92.9%		76.7	53^rd of 232 public high schools	77.2%	37													83.0	61.6			84.5	$17,877
North Bay Elementary	Public	3-5	602 Pine St.	Bay St Louis	39520	Hancock County	Bay Waveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 467-4052	348	23	14.8	67.2%	224 (64.4%)	81 (23.3%)	19 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.9%)	86	36^th of 377 public elementary schools	90.5%		81.2	61^st of 380 public elementary schools	83.9%	25	70.5	66.7	73.4				68.1	61.0	81.9						81.7			$13,205
Bay Waveland Middle School	Public	6-8	600 Pine St.	Bay Saint Louis	39520	Hancock County	Bay Waveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 463-0315	365	25	14.8	—	221 (60.5%)	89 (24.4%)	28 (7.7%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.0%)	92.3	8^th of 263 public middle schools	97.0%		81.9	38^th of 265 public middle schools	85.7%	30				70.7	49.5	58.0				70.7	82.4	79.4				78.5		$15,807
Waveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	1101 St Joseph Street	Waveland	39576	Hancock County	Bay Waveland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 467-6630	460	24	19.4	69.8%	272 (59.1%)	108 (23.5%)	28 (6.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (10.4%)								(n/a)																		$16,395
South Hancock Elementary School	Public	K-5	6590 Lakeshore Road	Bay Saint Louis	39520	Hancock County	Hancock School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 467-4655	480	40	12.4	73.8%	309 (64.4%)	87 (18.1%)	28 (5.8%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.4%)	61.8	144^th of 377 public elementary schools	61.8%		55.9	170^th of 380 public elementary schools	55.3%	26	75.7	53.6	45.6				83.3	38.1	43.1						81.0			$11,776
Hancock North Central School	Public	K-5	6122 Cuevas Town Road	Kiln	39556	Hancock County	Hancock School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 255-7641	404	29	13.9	69.8%	380 (94.1%)	6 (1.5%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	93.3	13^th of 377 public elementary schools	96.6%		83.7	50^th of 380 public elementary schools	86.8%	37	69.6	71.4	75.9				83.9	81.4	73.7						93.1			$12,517
East Hancock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4221 Kiln Delisle Rd.	Kiln	39556	Hancock County	Hancock School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 255-8372	633	30	20.7	48.5%	549 (86.7%)	17 (2.7%)	32 (5.1%)	8 (1.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.6%)	96.7	3^rd of 377 public elementary schools	99.2%		91.8	18^th of 380 public elementary schools	95.3%	15	74.7	76.6	83.9				86.8	91.8	87.5						93.7			$11,019
Hancock High School	Public	9-12	7084 Stennis Airport Drive	Kiln	39556	Hancock County	Hancock School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 467-2251	1,184	74	16.0	59.5%	966 (81.6%)	100 (8.4%)	69 (5.8%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	36 (3.0%)	78.4	32^nd of 224 public high schools	85.7%		79.7	43^rd of 232 public high schools	81.5%	11													76.0	61.2			77.8	$13,683
Hancock County Career Technical Cen	Public	8-12	7180 Airport Road	Kiln	39556	Hancock County	Hancock School District	No	No	No	No	(228) 467-3568	0	0	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hancock Middle School	Public	6-8	7070 Stennis Airport Drive	Kiln	39556	Hancock County	Hancock School District	No	No	No	Yes	(228) 467-1889	884	62	14.6	69.0%	734 (83.0%)	72 (8.1%)	43 (4.9%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	23 (2.6%)	71.2	68^th of 263 public middle schools	74.1%		75.8	57^th of 265 public middle schools	78.5%	11				51.5	43.5	47.5				53.5	64.2	60.0				64.8		$11,109
Our Lady Academy	Private, Roman Catholic, Girls	7-12	222 S Beach Blvd	Bay St Louis	39520	Hancock County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(228) 467-7048	256	21	12.4	—	222 (86.7%)	3 (1.2%)	13 (5.1%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)								(n/a)
Dominion Christian Academy, Inc.	Private, Christian (no specific denomination)	9-12	21 Chantilly Ter	Bay St Louis	39520	Hancock County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(228) 493-0568	9	1	9.0	—	8 (88.9%)	1 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Holy Trinity Catholic School	Private, Roman Catholic	PK, KG-6	301 S Second St	Bay St Louis	39520	Hancock County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(228) 467-5158	283	15	14.8	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
St Stanislaus	Private, Roman Catholic, Boys	7-12	304 S Beach Blvd	Bay St Louis	39520	Hancock County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(228) 467-9057	329	26	12.4	—	283 (86.0%)	20 (6.1%)	10 (3.0%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Mississippi Department of Education.

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