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Benoit School District is located in northwest Mississippi. Benoit School District has 207.69 square miles of land area and 10.38 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Benoit School District population is 1,153. Benoit School District median household income is $23,500 in 2010-2014. Benoit School District median house value is $59,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Benoit School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(124 out of 148, bottom 16%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	1
Population	1,153 (2010-2014), rank #148
Population Growth	-30.67% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	5.29/sq mi, rank #148
Median Household Income:	$23,500 at 2010-2014—-8.29% increase since 2005-2009, rank #143
Median House Price:	$59,800 at 2010-2014—-9.94% increase since 2005-2009, rank #134
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	207.69 sq mi, rank #87
Water Area:	10.38 sq mi (4.76%), rank #28
State:	Mississippi
County:	Bolivar County
City:	Benoit, Scott, Greenville, Shaw, Beulah
Zip:	38725, 38772, 38703, 38702, 38773, 38726
Area:	Cleveland, MS

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Benoit School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1827 Hwy 1

Benoit MS, 38725, Bolivar County

Phone: 662-742-3287

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	254	268	287	284	286	273	289
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	15.74	15.74	17.72	20.63	22.48	21.70	21.50
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.08	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.90
Kindergarten:	0.73	1.00	1.00	2.04	1.00	1.00	0.80
Elementary:	5.64	4.71	6.02	6.94	6.86	7.00	4.80
Secondary:	6.25	6.80	7.83	8.81	10.29	9.70	8.00
Ungraded:	2.12	2.23	1.79	1.84	3.33	3.00	7.00
Total Other Staff:	37.13	35.38	41.39	37.29	34.66	37.30	32.70
Instructional Aides:	9.55	9.63	13.02	9.12	7.50	7.00	7.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.97	0.93	0.45	0.33	0.49	0.50	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.80	0.89	1.00	1.00	1.10	0.60
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.40	0.40	0.50	0.50	0.30	0.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.40	0.49	0.50	0.50	0.30	0.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.50	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.50	0.44	0.77	0.70	0.84	0.60	0.40
Library/Media Support:	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	2.31	2.52	4.03	2.00	1.35	2.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	3.00	3.00	3.84	4.00	2.40	2.00	2.80
School Administrators:	1.00	1.11	1.08	1.00	2.07	2.00	1.00
School Administrative Support:	1.00	1.43	1.00	1.00	2.19	2.20	1.00
Student Support Services:	3.85	3.57	3.02	4.16	3.09	4.30	1.90
Other Support Services:	12.95	11.95	13.29	13.98	13.73	15.60	15.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.14	17.03	16.20	13.77	12.72	12.58	13.44

Schools

Ray Brooks School

Prekindergarten to Grade 12

1827 Hwy 1, Benoit MS 38725

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.7	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.3	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.4	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	152.8
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.7	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.5	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.1	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138.6	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.1	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	138	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.8	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.8	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	137.3	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.8	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.1	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	6.7%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	25.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.1%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	11.1%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	6.5%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.7%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.3%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.5%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59.1%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	50%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66.7%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76.3%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.6%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.7%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	75%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	75%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.7%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	72.2%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	78.6%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	64.5%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	80%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	57.9%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	53.3%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	60%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	20%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	55.6%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	53.3%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	79.2%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	62.5%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	93.9%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	82.4%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	75%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	86.7%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	95.2%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	86.7%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	93.3%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	51.9%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	87.5%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$3,725,000	$12,979		$3,781,000	$13,313		$3,781,000	$13,220
Federal:	$1,051,000	$3,662	28.2%	$1,291,000	$4,546	34.1%	$1,442,000	$5,042	38.1%
State:	$1,296,000	$4,516	34.8%	$1,236,000	$4,352	32.7%	$1,237,000	$4,325	32.7%
Local:	$1,378,000	$4,801	37.0%	$1,254,000	$4,415	33.2%	$1,102,000	$3,853	29.1%
Total Expenditures:	$3,865,000	$13,467		$3,919,000	$13,799		$3,688,000	$12,895
Total Current Expenditures:	$3,732,000	$13,003		$3,671,000	$12,926		$3,481,000	$12,171
Instructional Expenditures:	$1,577,000	$5,495	42.3%	$1,587,000	$5,588	43.2%	$1,644,000	$5,748	47.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$578,000	$2,014	15.5%	$464,000	$1,634	12.6%	$563,000	$1,969	16.2%
Administration:	$609,000	$2,122	16.3%	$630,000	$2,218	17.2%	$579,000	$2,024	16.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$968,000	$3,373	25.9%	$990,000	$3,486	27.0%	$695,000	$2,430	20.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$99,000	$345		$216,000	$761		$205,000	$717
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$25,000	$87		$27,000	$95		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$9,000	$31		$5,000	$18		$2,000	$7

Total Salary:	$1,995,000	$6,951		$1,915,000	$6,743		$1,950,000	$6,818
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,026,000	$3,575	51.4%	$1,072,000	$3,775	56.0%	$1,082,000	$3,783	55.5%
Other Salary:	$969,000	$3,376	48.6%	$843,000	$2,968	44.0%	$868,000	$3,035	44.5%
Total Benefit:	$676,000	$2,355		$638,000	$2,246		$644,000	$2,252
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$335,000	$1,167	49.6%	$340,000	$1,197	53.3%	$343,000	$1,199	53.3%
Other Benefit:	$341,000	$1,188	50.4%	$298,000	$1,049	46.7%	$301,000	$1,052	46.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	20.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	NA
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	NA
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$37,888.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,814.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$39,315.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Benoit School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.