Original Research by School Decision on Diberville Senior High Sch
D'Iberville Senior High School sits on Lamey Bridge Road in the Biloxi area of Harrison County, Mississippi, and operates as part of the Harrison County School District. It serves grades nine through twelve and is a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet campus. The enrollment is large for a single high school campus, and the grade-level distribution shows a healthy ninth-grade cohort that narrows somewhat by senior year, which is a common pattern in schools of this size.
The student body is racially diverse. White students make up the largest single group, with Black students representing the next largest share, followed by a meaningful Hispanic presence and smaller Asian and multiracial populations. A slight majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a moderate range for economic need, neither the highest nor lowest among Mississippi high schools. Information on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported in the available data, so those population figures are absent here rather than implying they do not exist.
State assessment results were not available in the data provided. This is a gap a parent will likely want to take up directly with the school or the Harrison County School District, since Mississippi does test high school students and the absence here reflects what was supplied rather than what the state has collected. Likewise, no graduation rate, no course-access or program listing, no civil-rights data, and no multi-year trend information appeared in the payload. Without these, it is hard to characterize the academic pathway from the evidence alone. A family considering this school would benefit from asking about Advanced Placement offerings, career and technical education pathways, dual-credit opportunities, and any support services the campus provides, since none of that detail was included.
The housing context comes from the Biloxi area, where the school's zip code sits. Home values in this area run above the statewide benchmark but remain below the national figure, and rents are moderate relative to income. The affordability picture suggests that a family buying at typical local prices with a standard down payment would face monthly mortgage costs that are higher than local rents, a dynamic worth noting for families weighing a purchase versus a rental. Home values have been appreciating modestly year over year.
Biloxi itself is a layered community. The city stretches along the Mississippi Sound with sugar-white sand beaches and a casino-tourism corridor along U.S. Highway 90, where eight resort properties operate. Keesler Air Force Base sits within the city and has shaped the local economy and population since the World War II era, hosting training and reserve wings. The city also retains its historic seafood-industry identity, with a Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum and an annual Blessing of the Fleet. Several National Register historic districts preserve late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century architecture. The built environment is largely auto-oriented, with Interstate 10 running through the northern sections and highway connections linking Biloxi to neighboring D'Iberville, Gulfport, and Ocean Springs. The region has rebuilt substantially since Hurricane Katrina, and the Biloxi Bay Bridge connecting to Ocean Springs has been fully reopened for years.
The district brief for Harrison County School District did not surface specific parent-relevant changes such as referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property tax shifts, so nothing on that front is reported here.
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