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Dixie School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

790 Elks Lake Rd

Hattiesburg MS, 39401, Forrest County

Phone: 601-582-4890

Ranking:

(311 out of 672, top 46%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Forrest County Schools

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	42		40		44		43		47		46		49
Total Students:	605		553		583		617		646		640		687
Kindergarten:	70	11.6%	47	8.5%	50	8.6%	56	9.1%	72	11.1%	63	9.8%	67	9.8%
Grade 1:	51	8.4%	47	8.5%	59	10.1%	72	11.7%	59	9.1%	62	9.7%	79	11.5%
Grade 2:	55	9.1%	56	10.1%	62	10.6%	59	9.6%	61	9.4%	80	12.5%	92	13.4%
Grade 3:	65	10.7%	53	9.6%	51	8.7%	50	8.1%	66	10.2%	77	12.0%	69	10.0%
Grade 4:	58	9.6%	48	8.7%	51	8.7%	60	9.7%	73	11.3%	54	8.4%	69	10.0%
Grade 5:	53	8.8%	59	10.7%	58	9.9%	69	11.2%	53	8.2%	59	9.2%	72	10.5%
Grade 6:	59	9.8%	58	10.5%	57	9.8%	59	9.6%	61	9.4%	73	11.4%	64	9.3%
Grade 7:	88	14.5%	99	17.9%	90	15.4%	97	15.7%	108	16.7%	80	12.5%	92	13.4%
Grade 8:	91	15.0%	80	14.5%	95	16.3%	86	13.9%	86	13.3%	84	13.1%	75	10.9%
Ungraded:	15	2.5%	6	1.1%	10	1.7%	9	1.5%	7	1.1%	8	1.3%	8	1.2%
Student By Gender:
Male:	326	53.9%	306	55.3%	323	55.4%	339	54.9%	356	55.1%	360	56.3%	385	56.0%
Female:	279	46.1%	247	44.7%	260	44.6%	278	45.1%	290	44.9%	280	43.8%	298	43.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Asian:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	8	1.3%	7	1.1%	7	1.1%	5	0.7%
Hispanic:	15	2.5%	14	2.5%	11	1.9%	8	1.3%	8	1.2%	8	1.3%	3	0.4%
Black:	171	28.3%	160	28.9%	169	29.0%	186	30.1%	198	30.7%	195	30.5%	214	31.1%
White:	378	62.5%	353	63.8%	391	67.1%	405	65.6%	425	65.8%	427	66.7%	463	67.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	37	6.1%	22	4.0%	7	1.2%	7	1.1%	5	0.8%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	393	65.0%	316	57.1%	339	58.1%	341	55.3%	341	52.8%	321	50.2%	334	48.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	9.3%	51	9.2%	59	10.1%	77	12.5%	82	12.7%	88	13.8%	81	11.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.51		13.67		13.24		14.21		13.62		13.90		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
MCT2
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.7	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	146.6	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	148.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	150	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	146	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	147.5	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	150.3	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	147.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	150.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	153.2	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.2	151	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	150.7	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	147.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	148.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	148.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	148.4	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	148.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	149.7	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	149.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.3	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	151.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	150.1	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	151.3	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	148.6	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	147.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	146.9	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	150.4	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	148.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	148.5	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	147.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	145.8	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	146.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	152	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.5	152.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.7	150.3	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	149.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	148.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	151.5	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	150.3	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	149.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	148.7	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	152.5	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.9	153.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	146.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	148.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	147.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.7	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	149.8	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151.4	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	146	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	147.3	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	148.1	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	150.6	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	154	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	155	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	148	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	147.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	147.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	149.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	145.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	152.1	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	154.3	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	157.2	154.6
MST
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.9%	41.6%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	35.6%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.8%	35.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.2%	53.4%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	48.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	43.9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.8%	40.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	39%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.8%	56.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	59.8%	64.0%
SATP2
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	94.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	76.9%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	80.6%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	35.9%	68.3%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	38.9%	73.6%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	81.8%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	89%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.7%	86.8%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	96.2%	85.2%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	57.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	42.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,907.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,233.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,473.0

* Dixie School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.