Summary:
Zip code 39567 is home to just one public middle school, Trent Lott Middle School, which serves grades 5–6 in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and enrolls 524 students. The school is part of the Pascagoula-Gautier School District, a 4-star district ranked in the 74th percentile statewide. With about 72% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, the school serves a high-poverty population, yet it benefits from a favorable 11:1 student-to-teacher ratio. Chronic absenteeism runs at 23.1%, slightly above the district rate of 21.1% but essentially in line with the state average of 23.9%.
Academically, Trent Lott’s strongest subject is 5th-grade science, with 59.6% proficiency in 2025–2026, up from 58.3% the prior year. Fifth-grade ELA is also a relative strength, reaching 53.6% proficiency, which is nearly identical to the district (53.4%) and close to the state (55.8%). However, math is a significant concern. Fifth-grade math dropped sharply from 53.6% to 42.4% in one year, a decline mirrored exactly by the district, suggesting a district-wide issue rather than a school-specific problem. Sixth-grade math is the school’s biggest gap, sitting at 45.4% proficiency compared to 53.9% in the district and 52.7% statewide. Sixth-grade ELA also lags, consistently running about 8–9 points behind the school’s 5th-grade ELA scores and below both district and state averages.
Overall, Trent Lott’s combined proficiency fell from 52.5% to 49.3% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while the state average improved from 54.0% to 55.5%—meaning the school is losing ground relative to Mississippi as a whole. For parents, the picture is mixed: science is stable and strong, class sizes are relatively small, and the district is solid overall, but targeted intervention is clearly needed in mathematics and 6th-grade literacy. Chronic absenteeism, affecting roughly one in four students, along with the recent district-wide drop in 5th-grade math, are important factors to monitor as the school works to close the widening gap with the state.
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