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Lee County School District

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Lee County School District is located in northeast Mississippi. Lee County School District has 308.26 square miles of land area and 2.38 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lee County School District population is 38,928. Lee County School District median household income is $42,392 in 2010-2014. Lee County School District median house value is $98,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Lee County School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(70 out of 148, top 47%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	14
Population	38,928 (2010-2014), rank #16
Population Growth	10.99% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	125.31/sq mi, rank #40
Median Household Income:	$42,392 at 2010-2014—14.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #27
Median House Price:	$98,700 at 2010-2014—12.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #38
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	308.26 sq mi, rank #78
Water Area:	2.38 sq mi (0.77%), rank #69
State:	Mississippi
County:	Lee County
City:	Shannon, Tupelo, Plantersville, Fulton, Mooreville, Verona, Okolona, Belden, Saltillo, Blue Springs, Guntown, Sherman, Baldwyn
Zip:	38868, 38801, 38862, 38843, 38804, 38857, 38879, 38860, 38826, 38866, 38828, 38849, 38824
Area:	Tupelo, MS

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Lee County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1280 College View Dr

Tupelo MS, 38804, Lee County

Phone: 662-841-9144

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,236	7,177	7,118	6,887	6,855	6,877	6,716
English Language Learner Students:	0	68	52	43	39	46	27
Total Teachers:	490.20	476.99	468.13	460.80	464.73	464.70	453.70
Prekindergarten:	2.00	1.96	1.65	2.00	1.86	0.70	0.70
Kindergarten:	30.09	28.03	28.96	28.85	28.96	27.10	28.50
Elementary:	194.66	194.17	191.80	184.45	182.39	179.00	175.20
Secondary:	205.16	194.02	189.82	190.80	196.14	196.10	184.40
Ungraded:	58.29	58.81	55.90	54.70	55.38	61.80	64.90
Total Other Staff:	460.68	476.30	469.95	473.48	455.69	469.90	452.20
Instructional Aides:	140.17	139.07	139.92	130.95	136.72	136.10	136.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	22.38	24.36	21.49	19.83	16.74	8.00	10.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	21.16	20.46	20.40	18.17	18.33	31.40	15.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	12.51	11.58	11.52	10.29	10.52	9.40	9.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	8.65	8.88	8.88	7.88	7.81	6.30	6.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	15.70	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	14.26	14.47	13.98	13.71	13.60	13.40	13.20
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	9.88	9.54	9.88	13.13	10.01	10.30	10.00
District Administrative Support:	18.38	17.88	18.88	19.83	19.90	19.10	18.00
School Administrators:	31.28	26.39	26.37	25.26	26.29	25.20	24.10
School Administrative Support:	32.79	32.75	30.83	31.76	32.52	32.10	30.90
Student Support Services:	33.00	33.83	32.11	34.16	32.22	30.50	30.60
Other Support Services:	137.38	157.55	156.09	166.68	149.36	163.80	162.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.76	15.05	15.21	14.95	14.75	14.80	14.80

Schools

Guntown	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1539 Main St, Guntown MS 38849
Lee Co. Schools Improvement Center	Grade 4 to Grade 12	4677 Endville Rd, Belden MS 38826
Mooreville Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	967 C.R. 1409, Mooreville MS 38857
Mooreville High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	Cr 1409/1429, Mooreville MS 38857
Mooreville Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	Cr 1409/1429, Mooreville MS 38857
Plantersville	Grade 5 to Grade 8	2657 Main St, Plantersville MS 38862
Saltillo Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 5	424 South 3rd St, Saltillo MS 38866
Saltillo High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	146 Tiger Dr, Saltillo MS 38866
Saltillo Primary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	1806 Hwy 45 North, Saltillo MS 38866
Shannon Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 5	695 Romie Hill Ave, Shannon MS 38868
Shannon High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	218 Cherry St, Shannon MS 38868
Shannon Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	232 Cherry St, Shannon MS 38868
Shannon Primary	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	6408 Noah Curtis St, Shannon MS 38868
Verona	Kindergarten to Grade 4	212 College Ave, Verona MS 38879

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.3%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.2%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.6%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.2%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.9%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.8%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.2%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.8%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.4%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.3%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.9%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.9%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.5%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.2%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	69.5%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	82.3%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	87.6%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	84.6%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	82.2%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	82.7%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	65%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	69.5%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	73.9%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	76.4%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	70.5%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	72.4%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	93.9%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	97.7%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	97.2%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	96.4%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	96.4%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	95.4%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	93.7%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	93.2%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	72.3%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	78.4%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$56,875,000	$7,990		$59,350,000	$8,618		$59,102,000	$8,622
Federal:	$7,432,000	$1,044	13.1%	$11,567,000	$1,680	19.5%	$10,470,000	$1,527	17.7%
State:	$32,509,000	$4,567	57.2%	$30,605,000	$4,444	51.6%	$31,453,000	$4,588	53.2%
Local:	$16,934,000	$2,379	29.8%	$17,178,000	$2,494	28.9%	$17,179,000	$2,506	29.1%
Total Expenditures:	$55,109,000	$7,742		$58,054,000	$8,430		$55,628,000	$8,115
Total Current Expenditures:	$52,799,000	$7,418		$52,816,000	$7,669		$52,427,000	$7,648
Instructional Expenditures:	$31,673,000	$4,450	60.0%	$31,779,000	$4,614	60.2%	$31,980,000	$4,665	61.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,988,000	$701	9.4%	$5,335,000	$775	10.1%	$4,895,000	$714	9.3%
Administration:	$5,419,000	$761	10.3%	$5,021,000	$729	9.5%	$4,934,000	$720	9.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$10,719,000	$1,506	20.3%	$10,681,000	$1,551	20.2%	$10,618,000	$1,549	20.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,477,000	$208		$4,329,000	$629		$2,251,000	$328
Construction:	$0	$0		$2,497,000	$363		$914,000	$133
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$833,000	$117		$909,000	$132		$950,000	$139

Total Salary:	$33,099,000	$4,650		$32,551,000	$4,726		$32,312,000	$4,714
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$22,479,000	$3,158	67.9%	$22,180,000	$3,221	68.1%	$22,219,000	$3,241	68.8%
Other Salary:	$10,620,000	$1,492	32.1%	$10,371,000	$1,506	31.9%	$10,093,000	$1,472	31.2%
Total Benefit:	$10,564,000	$1,484		$10,218,000	$1,484		$10,246,000	$1,495
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$7,023,000	$987	66.5%	$6,806,000	$988	66.6%	$6,903,000	$1,007	67.4%
Other Benefit:	$3,541,000	$497	33.5%	$3,412,000	$495	33.4%	$3,343,000	$488	32.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	38.6%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	20.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	17.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	5.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,277.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,434.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,061.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,841.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,373.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,603.0

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