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Laurel School District

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Laurel School District is located in south Mississippi. Laurel School District has 14.62 square miles of land area and 0.29 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Laurel School District population is 18,352. Laurel School District median household income is $27,376 in 2010-2014. Laurel School District median house value is $73,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Laurel School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(111 out of 148, bottom 25%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	18,352 (2010-2014), rank #52
Population Growth	-0.76% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	1,230.74/sq mi, rank #7
Median Household Income:	$27,376 at 2010-2014—4.44% increase since 2005-2009, rank #125
Median House Price:	$73,200 at 2010-2014—-4.69% increase since 2005-2009, rank #99
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	14.62 sq mi, rank #143
Water Area:	0.29 sq mi (1.97%), rank #130
State:	Mississippi
County:	Jones County
City:	Laurel
Zip:	39440, 39443
Area:	Laurel, MS

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Laurel School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

303 West 8th St

Laurel MS, 39440, Jones County

Phone: 601-649-6391

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,082	3,118	2,971	3,021	3,089	3,019	2,984
English Language Learner Students:	132	107	63	61	66	85	76
Total Teachers:	212.43	214.88	218.45	219.18	235.94	244.30	242.60
Prekindergarten:	5.13	5.19	4.14	4.20	4.14	4.10	2.70
Kindergarten:	9.35	9.95	15.91	16.85	16.72	14.90	16.80
Elementary:	82.53	81.34	101.32	99.96	102.18	100.40	98.10
Secondary:	76.94	77.38	65.73	69.81	80.85	83.40	79.30
Ungraded:	38.48	41.02	31.35	28.36	32.05	41.50	45.70
Total Other Staff:	277.78	288.60	269.08	249.46	258.60	273.50	259.00
Instructional Aides:	79.73	81.97	72.79	71.39	66.05	67.60	59.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.16	1.58	2.67	2.92	3.47	3.50	2.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.82	10.00	9.00	9.00	8.68	17.20	7.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.82	6.00	5.00	5.00	4.68	4.60	3.30
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	8.60	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.90	5.90
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.50	0.50
District Administrators:	7.68	8.29	9.21	9.21	9.20	9.30	9.00
District Administrative Support:	15.09	16.65	14.89	13.39	16.38	18.40	18.30
School Administrators:	18.40	17.26	14.05	13.81	15.82	14.00	14.00
School Administrative Support:	24.00	21.81	19.06	18.44	18.50	18.10	19.50
Student Support Services:	17.09	18.78	21.34	17.63	16.83	15.70	11.50
Other Support Services:	97.81	106.26	100.07	87.17	97.17	102.30	111.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.51	14.51	13.60	13.78	13.09	12.36	12.30

Schools

Laurel Education Center	Grade 1 to Grade 12	1100 West 12th St, Laurel MS 39440
Laurel High School Vocational Complex	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1100 West 11th St, Laurel MS 39440
Laurel Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1600 Grandview Dr, Laurel MS 39440
Maddox Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	600 South 16th Ave, Laurel MS 39440
Mason Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	2726 Old Bay Springs Rd, Laurel MS 39440
Nora Davis	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1305 Martin Luther King Dr, Laurel MS 39440
Oak Park Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1205 Oak Park Ave, Laurel MS 39440
R H Watkins High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1100 West 12th St, Laurel MS 39440

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.3	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.1	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	141.4	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.4	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	140.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.4	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.2	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.3%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	26%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.8%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.4%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.8%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	22.6%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	24.5%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.1%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.1%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.6%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.5%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	62.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	31.8%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	46%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72.2%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77.7%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	75.6%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	81.4%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	79.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.7%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	78.3%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	74.4%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	49%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	71.2%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	57.6%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	80.7%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	69%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	64.2%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	74.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	56.1%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	42.4%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	36.8%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	47.4%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	62.8%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	57.3%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	94.7%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	95%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	95.6%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	91.3%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	91.2%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	95.6%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	78.6%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	85.2%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	53.1%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	72.1%	81.3%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$32,728,000	$11,016		$35,720,000	$11,824		$32,955,000	$10,669
Federal:	$5,549,000	$1,868	17.0%	$8,291,000	$2,744	23.2%	$7,817,000	$2,531	23.7%
State:	$12,566,000	$4,230	38.4%	$12,147,000	$4,021	34.0%	$11,734,000	$3,799	35.6%
Local:	$14,613,000	$4,919	44.6%	$15,282,000	$5,059	42.8%	$13,404,000	$4,339	40.7%
Total Expenditures:	$30,986,000	$10,429		$32,090,000	$10,622		$36,323,000	$11,759
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,850,000	$9,037		$26,154,000	$8,657		$27,511,000	$8,906
Instructional Expenditures:	$15,788,000	$5,314	58.8%	$15,482,000	$5,125	59.2%	$15,826,000	$5,123	57.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,918,000	$982	10.9%	$2,840,000	$940	10.9%	$3,009,000	$974	10.9%
Administration:	$2,984,000	$1,004	11.1%	$2,802,000	$928	10.7%	$3,032,000	$982	11.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,160,000	$1,737	19.2%	$5,030,000	$1,665	19.2%	$5,644,000	$1,827	20.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,675,000	$900		$4,595,000	$1,521		$7,805,000	$2,527
Construction:	$2,251,000	$758		$3,549,000	$1,175		$6,988,000	$2,262
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$1,461,000	$492		$1,341,000	$444		$1,007,000	$326

Total Salary:	$16,698,000	$5,620		$16,133,000	$5,340		$16,784,000	$5,433
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,561,000	$3,555	63.2%	$10,426,000	$3,451	64.6%	$10,779,000	$3,489	64.2%
Other Salary:	$6,137,000	$2,066	36.8%	$5,707,000	$1,889	35.4%	$6,005,000	$1,944	35.8%
Total Benefit:	$5,396,000	$1,816		$5,276,000	$1,746		$5,382,000	$1,742
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,350,000	$1,128	62.1%	$3,280,000	$1,086	62.2%	$3,335,000	$1,080	62.0%
Other Benefit:	$2,046,000	$689	37.9%	$1,996,000	$661	37.8%	$2,047,000	$663	38.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	53.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	34.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.9%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	14.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	15.7%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	3.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,922.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$29,168.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,375.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,217.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$42,917.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$45,749.0

* Laurel School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.