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State Board honors inaugural Mississippi Blue Ribbon Schools: Bayou View, Beach, Ocean Springs

Mississippi State Board of Education · December 20, 2025
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Summary

The State Board of Education recognized three inaugural Mississippi Blue Ribbon Schools — Bayou View Elementary (Gulfport), Beach Elementary (Pascagoula‑Gautier) and Ocean Springs High — honoring performance and gap‑closing under a new state designation that replaces the national program.

The Mississippi State Board of Education on Dec. 18 recognized three inaugural Mississippi Blue Ribbon Schools, a new state designation created after the U.S. Department of Education ended the national program earlier this year.

Bayou View Elementary in Gulfport, Beach Elementary in the Pascagoula‑Gautier district, and Ocean Springs High School received plaques, flags and gubernatorial proclamations. MDE staff said the state program uses the…

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