The top reported proficiency rate is 69% in Science. The lowest is 44% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Crossroads Elementary School
Crossroads Elementary School sits on Klein Road in Gulfport, the second-most populous city in Mississippi and a place whose identity is tied to the Gulf of Mexico. The school serves kindergarten through sixth grade and belongs to the Harrison County School District, one of two districts operating inside Gulfport city limits. Its enrollment is moderate for a K through six campus, with students spread fairly evenly across the seven grade levels.
The student body is predominantly Black, with a Hispanic population that forms the next largest group, followed by smaller White, multiracial, Asian, Pacific Islander, and American Indian populations. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which places Crossroads firmly in the category of schools serving a high-poverty community. The school is a regular public campus, not a charter or magnet. Data on individualized education programs and English-learner counts was not available, so it is hard to say from the provided material how those populations are served.
On Mississippi's MAAP assessment, results from the most recent school year paint a mixed but readable picture. Science is the clearest bright spot, with a strong majority of fifth graders reaching proficiency. English language arts results hold in a moderate band across grades three through six, with fourth grade the strongest showing and sixth the softest. Math is more uneven. Third graders performed reasonably well, but proficiency dropped noticeably in fourth and fifth grade before rebounding sharply in sixth. A parent looking at this pattern might want to ask the school what is happening in those middle elementary grades, whether there is a curriculum or instructional transition at that stage, and what support exists for students who fall behind in math before sixth grade. The data does not explain the dip, so naming it as fact is all that can be done here.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, declining, or holding steady. Participation rates for the assessments were also missing from the data provided. Civil-rights reporting, discipline figures, staffing numbers, course access details, and attendance information were all absent from the available material, which limits the picture of school climate and operations. Program offerings were not listed, so families would need to contact the school directly to learn about any enrichment, intervention, or extracurricular options.
Gulfport itself is a coastal city shaped by its port, military installations, tourism, and healthcare sectors. The built environment is auto-oriented, with Interstate 10 running east-west and U.S. 90 following the coast through downtown. The city has a recognizable downtown near the port with civic and cultural anchors, and residential neighborhoods spread outward from there. Crossroads sits in the 39503 zip code area, where home values sit below the national benchmark but modestly above the state benchmark. Rents are also below the national level. For a family weighing housing costs, the area is relatively affordable compared with national figures, with rent taking up a manageable share of typical income and mortgage costs running below local rents, though current mortgage rates remain elevated by recent historical standards.
We looked for parent-relevant changes in the Harrison County School District, such as curriculum shifts, facility investments, or policy moves, and found little in the way of specific reported developments, so that portion of the picture remains blank rather than assumed. The district brief did not surface those kinds of details.
What Crossroads offers is a standard K through six public school pathway in a coastal, working-class section of a mid-sized Mississippi city. Its science results stand out, its English results are middling, and its math results swing across grade levels in a way that warrants a closer conversation with the school. Families whose priorities include a community where housing is accessible and who are willing to engage directly with the school about academic support in the middle elementary years may find a fit here. Those wanting richer data on programs, staffing, or school climate should ask the school and district for what was not available here.
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