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Jefferson Davis County School District

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Jefferson Davis County School District is located in south Mississippi. Jefferson Davis County School District has 408.44 square miles of land area and 0.70 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Jefferson Davis County School District population is 12,100. Jefferson Davis County School District median household income is $27,063 in 2010-2014. Jefferson Davis County School District median house value is $77,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Jefferson Davis County School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(121 out of 148, bottom 18%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	12,100 (2010-2014), rank #85
Population Growth	-4.88% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	29.57/sq mi, rank #103
Median Household Income:	$27,063 at 2010-2014—9.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #127
Median House Price:	$77,600 at 2010-2014—21.44% increase since 2005-2009, rank #75
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	408.44 sq mi, rank #56
Water Area:	0.70 sq mi (0.17%), rank #112
State:	Mississippi
County:	Jefferson Davis County
City:	Prentiss, Silver Creek, Newhebron, Mount Olive, Bassfield, Sumrall, Carson, Columbia, Oak Vale
Zip:	39474, 39663, 39140, 39119, 39421, 39482, 39427, 39429, 39656
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS

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Jefferson Davis County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1025 3rd St

Prentiss MS, 39474, Jefferson Davis County

Phone: 601-792-4267

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,569	1,603	1,678	1,640	1,711	1,809	1,931
English Language Learner Students:	0	2	3	0	0	2	1
Total Teachers:	122.54	121.17	117.97	119.42	122.07	120.80	117.90
Prekindergarten:	1.70	1.00	0.86	0.86	1.06	1.10	0.90
Kindergarten:	7.24	7.17	10.14	6.14	6.93	7.20	7.10
Elementary:	42.85	40.92	37.74	41.44	39.49	42.10	42.90
Secondary:	61.63	61.50	59.16	61.06	63.13	58.90	53.50
Ungraded:	9.12	10.58	10.07	9.92	11.46	11.50	13.50
Total Other Staff:	158.19	157.47	152.59	156.82	153.74	163.00	153.80
Instructional Aides:	30.90	32.93	30.07	32.31	29.30	25.20	25.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.92	3.54	3.65	4.68	4.93	3.60	4.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.74	3.00	3.50	5.54	3.22	10.00	3.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.87	2.00	1.25	2.56	2.08	2.50	1.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.87	1.00	2.25	2.98	1.14	2.50	2.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	5.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.14	2.49	2.65	1.88	3.33	2.50	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40	0.00
District Administrators:	4.88	6.88	6.15	6.00	5.00	5.70	5.70
District Administrative Support:	10.75	10.25	8.75	9.75	9.00	8.00	5.80
School Administrators:	6.01	6.99	7.59	8.00	4.81	5.90	8.20
School Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	9.50	9.10
Student Support Services:	15.40	14.82	14.50	11.36	11.28	10.50	12.10
Other Support Services:	69.45	69.57	68.73	71.30	76.87	81.70	78.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.80	13.23	14.22	13.73	14.02	14.98	16.38

Schools

Bassfield High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	Bass Burkett Rd, Bassfield MS 39421
Carver Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	Williamsburg Rd, Bassfield MS 39421
Jeff Davis Co Vocational Technology Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	Hwy 42, Carson MS 39427
Prentiss Sr Hi	Grade 6 to Grade 12	2429 Mississippi Ave, Prentiss MS 39474

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.7	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.4	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.8	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.3	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.6	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.3	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.9	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	139.6	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.9	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.4%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	7.4%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.2%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	56.7%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	15.8%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.8%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	61.1%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79.8%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.1%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.8%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	59%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	54.3%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.7%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.8%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85.6%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.5%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	74.8%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	70%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	70%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	76.6%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	69.8%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	79.5%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	80.7%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	63.8%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	57.4%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	73.5%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	57.2%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	60.9%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	64.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	54.1%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	45.5%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	51.8%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	55.1%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	63.2%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	60.3%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	87.1%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	90.3%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	94.1%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	89.2%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	86.5%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	84.6%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	81.7%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	74.3%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	51.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	67.9%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$17,972,000	$10,710		$20,046,000	$12,223		$20,984,000	$12,264
Federal:	$3,978,000	$2,371	22.1%	$5,750,000	$3,506	28.7%	$4,535,000	$2,650	21.6%
State:	$8,357,000	$4,980	46.5%	$8,116,000	$4,949	40.5%	$8,401,000	$4,910	40.0%
Local:	$5,637,000	$3,359	31.4%	$6,180,000	$3,768	30.8%	$8,048,000	$4,704	38.4%
Total Expenditures:	$20,588,000	$12,269		$18,630,000	$11,360		$15,889,000	$9,286
Total Current Expenditures:	$19,334,000	$11,522		$16,062,000	$9,794		$14,707,000	$8,596
Instructional Expenditures:	$11,132,000	$6,634	57.6%	$8,008,000	$4,883	49.9%	$7,776,000	$4,545	52.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,494,000	$890	7.7%	$1,507,000	$919	9.4%	$1,445,000	$845	9.8%
Administration:	$2,230,000	$1,329	11.5%	$2,234,000	$1,362	13.9%	$1,877,000	$1,097	12.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,478,000	$2,669	23.2%	$4,313,000	$2,630	26.9%	$3,609,000	$2,109	24.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$901,000	$537		$2,198,000	$1,340		$758,000	$443
Construction:	$0	$0		$1,375,000	$838		$423,000	$247
Total Other:	$209,000	$125		$198,000	$121		$240,000	$140
Interest on Debt:	$144,000	$86		$172,000	$105		$184,000	$108

Total Salary:	$12,738,000	$7,591		$8,676,000	$5,290		$8,391,000	$4,904
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,465,000	$5,641	74.3%	$5,549,000	$3,384	64.0%	$5,451,000	$3,186	65.0%
Other Salary:	$3,273,000	$1,951	25.7%	$3,127,000	$1,907	36.0%	$2,940,000	$1,718	35.0%
Total Benefit:	$2,866,000	$1,708		$2,858,000	$1,743		$2,858,000	$1,670
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,667,000	$993	58.2%	$1,695,000	$1,034	59.3%	$1,716,000	$1,003	60.0%
Other Benefit:	$1,199,000	$715	41.8%	$1,163,000	$709	40.7%	$1,142,000	$667	40.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	42.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	19.9%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	17.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	24.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	8.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,566.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,312.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,068.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$41,107.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,120.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$50,441.0

* Jefferson Davis County 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.