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Ocean Springs School District

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Ocean Springs School District is located in south Mississippi. Ocean Springs School District has 34.29 square miles of land area and 4.67 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ocean Springs School District population is 28,499. Ocean Springs School District median household income is $58,601 in 2010-2014. Ocean Springs School District median house value is $146,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Ocean Springs School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(12 out of 148, top 8%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	28,499 (2010-2014), rank #26
Population Growth	5.04% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	731.49/sq mi, rank #15
Median Household Income:	$58,601 at 2010-2014—-4.61% increase since 2005-2009, rank #4
Median House Price:	$146,000 at 2010-2014—-8.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #12
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	34.29 sq mi, rank #134
Water Area:	4.67 sq mi (11.98%), rank #48
State:	Mississippi
County:	Jackson County
City:	Ocean Springs, Gulf Park Estates, Gautier
Zip:	39564, 39553
Area:	Pascagoula, MS

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Ocean Springs School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

2300 Government St

Ocean Springs MS, 39564, Jackson County

Phone: 228-875-7706

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	5,758	5,590	5,497	5,379	5,421	5,417	5,222
English Language Learner Students:	83	79	78	75	91	85	66
Total Teachers:	392.82	404.20	375.10	373.38	362.51	355.40	353.30
Prekindergarten:	4.00	4.00	4.24	5.13	7.43	8.10	5.00
Kindergarten:	21.86	19.40	18.65	16.32	19.27	19.30	19.20
Elementary:	156.96	152.56	165.56	164.08	153.15	153.10	152.80
Secondary:	154.01	172.10	145.49	148.55	141.07	135.00	136.40
Ungraded:	55.99	56.14	41.16	39.30	41.59	39.90	39.90
Total Other Staff:	373.57	384.90	375.36	387.49	402.23	406.90	365.00
Instructional Aides:	98.00	93.27	86.94	88.57	96.76	87.90	82.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	6.00	4.00	6.77	6.49	6.83	5.80	7.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	13.22	14.65	13.09	13.82	14.65	23.90	10.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	7.72	8.00	6.59	7.00	7.94	6.90	4.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.50	6.65	6.50	6.82	6.71	5.00	5.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	12.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	9.00	9.54	9.00	9.00	7.91	9.10	8.10
Library/Media Support:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	9.00	11.00	10.00	10.00	9.78	9.00	9.00
District Administrative Support:	26.23	23.00	25.00	27.00	27.78	27.60	23.80
School Administrators:	20.24	18.87	17.71	18.31	17.87	18.20	15.70
School Administrative Support:	30.45	32.65	29.36	28.45	34.62	34.90	28.50
Student Support Services:	25.39	26.37	25.61	31.76	31.98	30.50	22.30
Other Support Services:	131.04	146.55	146.88	149.09	149.05	155.00	152.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.66	13.83	14.65	14.41	14.95	15.24	14.78

Schools

Keys Vocational Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6710 Old Spanish Trail, Ocean Springs MS 39564
Magnolia Park Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 3	3500 Government St, Ocean Springs MS 39564
Oak Park Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	2230 Government St, Ocean Springs MS 39564
Ocean Springs High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	6701 Old Spanish Trail, Ocean Springs MS 39564
Ocean Springs Middle S	Grade 7 to Grade 8	3600 Hanshaw Rd, Ocean Springs MS 39564
Pecan Park Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 3	504 Hanley Rd, Ocean Springs MS 39564
Upper Elementary	Grade 4 to Grade 6	2320 Government St, Ocean Springs MS 39564

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.3	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.1	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.9	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.2	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.5	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.3	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.6	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.1%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.8%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	99.1%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.3%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.7%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.9%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.5%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.8%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.5%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.8%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.1%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.9%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	99.5%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.9%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.5%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	99.2%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.3%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	90.2%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	91.7%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	90%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	89.2%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	89.1%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	85.1%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	89.6%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	82.1%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	90.2%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	87.7%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	99.2%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	99.7%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	98.1%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	97.1%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	99.2%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	98.3%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	96.8%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	90.5%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	92.7%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$44,891,000	$8,166		$46,922,000	$8,723		$46,902,000	$8,652
Federal:	$4,560,000	$830	10.2%	$5,257,000	$977	11.2%	$6,240,000	$1,151	13.3%
State:	$22,929,000	$4,171	51.1%	$21,467,000	$3,991	45.8%	$22,604,000	$4,170	48.2%
Local:	$17,402,000	$3,166	38.8%	$20,198,000	$3,755	43.0%	$18,058,000	$3,331	38.5%
Total Expenditures:	$72,066,000	$13,110		$60,384,000	$11,226		$49,447,000	$9,121
Total Current Expenditures:	$45,150,000	$8,214		$42,034,000	$7,814		$42,612,000	$7,861
Instructional Expenditures:	$25,690,000	$4,673	56.9%	$25,257,000	$4,695	60.1%	$25,538,000	$4,711	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$5,428,000	$987	12.0%	$4,612,000	$857	11.0%	$4,673,000	$862	11.0%
Administration:	$3,945,000	$718	8.7%	$3,922,000	$729	9.3%	$4,189,000	$773	9.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$10,087,000	$1,835	22.3%	$8,243,000	$1,532	19.6%	$8,212,000	$1,515	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$25,638,000	$4,664		$16,616,000	$3,089		$5,688,000	$1,049
Construction:	$21,487,000	$3,909		$15,913,000	$2,958		$4,559,000	$841
Total Other:	$96,000	$17		$362,000	$67		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$1,182,000	$215		$1,372,000	$255		$1,147,000	$212

Total Salary:	$26,878,000	$4,890		$26,185,000	$4,868		$26,170,000	$4,828
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$18,646,000	$3,392	69.4%	$17,566,000	$3,266	67.1%	$17,547,000	$3,237	67.1%
Other Salary:	$8,232,000	$1,498	30.6%	$8,619,000	$1,602	32.9%	$8,623,000	$1,591	32.9%
Total Benefit:	$7,844,000	$1,427		$7,746,000	$1,440		$7,837,000	$1,446
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,154,000	$938	65.7%	$5,118,000	$951	66.1%	$5,184,000	$956	66.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,690,000	$489	34.3%	$2,628,000	$489	33.9%	$2,653,000	$489	33.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	47.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	22.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	28.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	15.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	2.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,461.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,790.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,525.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,625.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$50,320.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,771.0

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