- 9
Oak Park Elementary School
Public | PK - 3
- 8
Magnolia Park Elementary School
Public | KG - 3
- 7
St Martin East Elementary School
Public | PK - 3
- 7
Pecan Park Elementary School
Public | KG - 3
- 6
St Martin Upper Elementary School
Public | 4 - 5
- 0
St Alphonsus School
Private | 1 - 6
- 0
First Baptist Early Education Center
Private | KG - KG
- 0
Grace Baptist Academy
Private | PK - 12
- 0
Upper Elementary School
Public | 4 - 6
- 0
Children's House Montessori School
Private | PK - KG
- 9
Ocean Springs Middle S
Public | 7 - 8
- 7
St. Martin Middle School
Public | 6 - 8
- 0
Grace Baptist Academy
Private | PK - 12
- 9
Ocean Springs High School
Public | 9 - 12
- 7
St Martin High School
Public | 9 - 12
- 0
Keys Vocational Center
Public | 9 - 12
- 0
Grace Baptist Academy
Private | PK - 12
MS Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs, Mississippi: the downtown, the oaks and the schools
Ocean Springs is a town of about 18,000 across the bay from Biloxi with a walkable, golf-cart-friendly downtown, three beaches, the Walter Anderson Museum and some of the highest-rated public schools in the state. Inventory stays tight because buyers from across the country keep finding it. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Expect Realty agents live here and sell here, and we set up alerts the hour a listing goes live.
Below: the three beaches, Bryan's video on why retirees choose Ocean Springs, the neighborhoods, the festival calendar, listings and schools.
The town the rest of the Coast drives to for dinner.
Ocean Springs is a small town with a big downtown: Government Street and Washington Avenue under the live oaks, the Walter Anderson Museum, galleries, forty-odd restaurants and bars, and a festival calendar that fills most weekends. It is golf-cart friendly, it protects its trees by ordinance, and it has some of the highest-rated public schools in Mississippi. That combination is why inventory here stays tight and why we set up alerts the hour a listing goes live.
Exit 50 off I-10, down Washington Avenue (Highway 609), and you are downtown in five minutes. Mobile is 45 minutes, New Orleans about an hour and twenty, the Florida beaches two hours.
Search Ocean Springs homesTalk to an agent who lives here
Ocean Springs has three beaches, and one of them is real
Front Beach
The town beach below the bluff, walking distance from downtown and the Ocean Springs Harbor. Runners and cyclists at dawn, the pier at sunset, and the homes along Front Beach Drive that rarely come up for sale.
East Beach
Quieter, residential, with the Gulf Islands National Seashore visitor center and the Davis Bayou trails at its back. Some of the most sought-after streets in the city sit between East Beach Drive and the bayou.
Belle Fontaine
One of the only natural beaches in South Mississippi, east of town past Gulf Park Estates. Larger lots, a more rural feel, and a flood-zone map we walk you through lot by lot.
Horn Island, twelve miles out, is the boat trip every Ocean Springs resident eventually makes. Kayaks and paddleboards launch from the harbor and Davis Bayou.
Why retirees are quietly choosing Ocean Springs
Bryan David on the downtown, the schools, the beaches and why the town keeps showing up on national retirement lists. Four minutes.
- Downtown comes to life every evening and is walkable end to end
- Four grocery stores in town, bigger shopping a short drive away
- Rates well in the financial press for taxes and cost of living
- Fishing, kayaking, paddleboarding and the National Seashore at the back door
Where people live in Ocean Springs
The historic district
Cottages and raised Creole houses from the 1890s to the 1940s under the oaks, a walk from Government Street. The priciest square footage in town and the least of it for sale.
East Beach and Front Beach
Gulf-front and bluff-top homes, many rebuilt and raised since 2005. Zone VE and AE; we read the elevation certificate before you fall in love.
Gulf Hills
The 1920s resort neighborhood on Old Fort Bayou with the golf course and the Gulf Hills Hotel. Mid-century homes on big lots, bayou frontage, and new construction at The Greens.
Fort Bayou and St. Andrews
Waterfront and water-view streets north of downtown along Old Fort Bayou, with docks, mature trees and a ten-minute drive to I-10.
Vancleave Road corridor and St. Martin line
Established subdivisions and the newest construction, Savannah Estates, Madison Place and Admiral Landing among them, inside or on the edge of the Ocean Springs school zone. Check the zone line street by street; it matters here.
Gulf Park Estates and Belle Fontaine
Larger lots toward the natural beach and the Pascagoula River marsh. Quieter, more land, and USDA-eligible in places.
New construction here is mostly Meritage and DSLD. The builder's agent works for the builder; we work for you.
A year in Ocean Springs
Art walks and the harbor
First-Saturday art walks downtown, the Blessing of the Fleet across the bay, and shrimp season opening.
Horn Island and the bayou
Boat days to Horn Island, kayak evenings on Davis Bayou, Red, White and Blueberry on the Fourth.
Peter Anderson Festival
The first weekend of November, the largest arts festival in Mississippi, takes over downtown for two days.
Mardi Gras season
Parades downtown, Christmas on Washington Avenue, and the mildest weather of the year for a walk to dinner.
Selling a home in Ocean Springs?
Ocean Springs is one of the most searched towns on the Coast, with buyers arriving from across the country for the downtown, the schools and the arts scene. We make sure your listing reaches them and is priced to the latest sales on your street, not last year's.
- What will my Ocean Springs home sell for?
- How Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Expect Realty sells homes
- Buy your next home before this one sells
Buying in Ocean Springs?
Demand keeps inventory tight, so a saved search and a pre-approval letter matter more here than anywhere else on the Coast. We set up alerts the hour a home hits the MLS and tour quickly.
- How buying works with us, from pre-approval to keys
- Retiring or relocating here? Start with the relocation guide
- PCSing to Keesler? Ocean Springs is a 20-minute commute
Listings
Listing Detail
Coming Soon
Commute Score
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Nkoyeni Owens
yeniyourrealtor@gmail.com