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Hancock County School District

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Hancock County School District is located in south Mississippi. Hancock County School District has 394.46 square miles of land area and 66.55 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Hancock County School District population is 29,479. Hancock County School District median household income is $47,601 in 2010-2014. Hancock County School District median house value is $116,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Hancock County School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(22 out of 148, top 15%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	29,479 (2010-2014), rank #25
Population Growth	7.95% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	63.94/sq mi, rank #58
Median Household Income:	$47,601 at 2010-2014—4.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #14
Median House Price:	$116,800 at 2010-2014—-21.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #23
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	394.46 sq mi, rank #63
Water Area:	66.55 sq mi (14.44%), rank #4
State:	Mississippi
County:	Hancock County
City:	Kiln, Pass Christian, Diamondhead, Picayune, Bay Saint Louis, Waveland, Perkinston, Carriere, Poplarville, Pearlington
Zip:	39556, 39571, 39525, 39466, 39520, 39576, 39573, 39426, 39470, 39572
Area:	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

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Hancock County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

17304 Hwy 603

Kiln MS, 39556, Hancock County

Phone: 228-255-0376

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,544	4,436	4,469	4,459	4,421	4,354	4,300
English Language Learner Students:	0	52	18	21	22	27	15
Total Teachers:	277.85	281.46	281.24	274.90	281.39	287.90	278.60
Prekindergarten:	2.40	2.13	2.14	3.21	1.83	2.30	1.00
Kindergarten:	17.56	18.34	17.08	13.66	16.40	16.40	16.90
Elementary:	97.68	96.80	99.42	99.41	101.84	98.60	126.10
Secondary:	106.48	106.38	96.45	104.55	106.69	117.40	95.50
Ungraded:	53.73	57.81	66.15	54.07	54.63	53.20	39.10
Total Other Staff:	261.42	253.97	262.91	259.14	271.67	278.60	260.70
Instructional Aides:	68.83	64.06	66.12	69.07	71.33	76.60	83.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00	3.00	6.08	3.08	5.38	5.50	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.43	9.93	9.51	9.46	12.38	22.50	10.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.87	2.91	3.65	4.69	4.70	4.50	2.60
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.56	7.02	5.86	4.77	7.68	8.10	7.80
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	9.90	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	5.38	6.60	6.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	5.00	6.35	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.50	7.00
District Administrative Support:	16.00	16.00	14.00	14.00	17.00	17.60	16.00
School Administrators:	16.38	17.00	14.89	15.00	15.00	17.00	13.00
School Administrative Support:	23.65	23.65	24.00	23.00	24.00	22.90	22.00
Student Support Services:	15.82	16.43	14.24	15.66	17.69	16.40	16.30
Other Support Services:	97.31	91.55	102.07	96.87	97.51	87.00	81.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.35	15.76	15.89	16.22	15.71	15.12	15.43

Schools

East Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	4221 Kiln Delisle Rd, Kiln MS 39556
Hancock County Career Technical Cen	Grade 9 to Grade 12	7180 Airport Rd, Kiln MS 39556
Hancock High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	7084 Stennis Airport Dr, Kiln MS 39556
Hancock Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	7070 Stennis Airport Dr, Kiln MS 39556
Hancock N Central Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	6122 Cuevas Town Rd, Kiln MS 39556
South Hancock	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	6590 Lakeshore Rd, Bay Saint Louis MS 39520
West Hancock	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	23350 Hwy 43, Picayune MS 39466

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.8	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.5	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.5	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.1	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.5	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	58.8%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.6%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.0%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	62.7%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.1%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99.1%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99.5%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.7%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.9%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.4%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.5%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.2%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.8%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.3%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.5%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.9%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.6%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	88.1%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	91.4%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	86.4%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	87.3%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	85.5%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	83.4%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	82.8%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	70.4%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	68.6%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	83.2%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	82.4%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	86%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	94.2%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	97.2%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	95.9%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	97.7%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	96.8%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	98.3%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	94.9%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	98.1%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	91.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	88.8%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$41,219,000	$9,223		$41,927,000	$9,403		$41,486,000	$9,384
Federal:	$6,738,000	$1,508	16.3%	$10,985,000	$2,464	26.2%	$9,502,000	$2,149	22.9%
State:	$19,054,000	$4,264	46.2%	$17,505,000	$3,926	41.8%	$17,700,000	$4,004	42.7%
Local:	$15,427,000	$3,452	37.4%	$13,437,000	$3,013	32.0%	$14,284,000	$3,231	34.4%
Total Expenditures:	$40,829,000	$9,136		$34,233,000	$7,677		$36,922,000	$8,352
Total Current Expenditures:	$32,753,000	$7,329		$32,416,000	$7,270		$34,929,000	$7,901
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,933,000	$4,237	57.8%	$18,800,000	$4,216	58.0%	$20,328,000	$4,598	58.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,609,000	$584	8.0%	$2,407,000	$540	7.4%	$2,959,000	$669	8.5%
Administration:	$3,427,000	$767	10.5%	$3,647,000	$818	11.3%	$3,854,000	$872	11.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,784,000	$1,742	23.8%	$7,562,000	$1,696	23.3%	$7,788,000	$1,762	22.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$7,347,000	$1,644		$965,000	$216		$1,061,000	$240
Construction:	$6,463,000	$1,446		$617,000	$138		$0	$0
Total Other:	$57,000	$13		$87,000	$20		$59,000	$13
Interest on Debt:	$672,000	$150		$765,000	$172		$873,000	$197

Total Salary:	$19,029,000	$4,258		$18,912,000	$4,241		$19,524,000	$4,416
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,501,000	$3,021	70.9%	$13,396,000	$3,004	70.8%	$13,958,000	$3,157	71.5%
Other Salary:	$5,528,000	$1,237	29.1%	$5,516,000	$1,237	29.2%	$5,566,000	$1,259	28.5%
Total Benefit:	$5,848,000	$1,309		$5,700,000	$1,278		$5,897,000	$1,334
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,077,000	$912	69.7%	$3,980,000	$893	69.8%	$4,135,000	$935	70.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,771,000	$396	30.3%	$1,720,000	$386	30.2%	$1,762,000	$399	29.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	33.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	24.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.2%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	3.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,920.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,575.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$38,104.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$43,008.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$50,063.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$50,494.0

* Hancock County School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.