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Wayne County School District

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Wayne County School District is located in southeast Mississippi. Wayne County School District has 810.75 square miles of land area and 2.77 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Wayne County School District population is 20,611. Wayne County School District median household income is $29,254 in 2010-2014. Wayne County School District median house value is $69,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Wayne County School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(63 out of 148, top 43%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	20,611 (2010-2014), rank #40
Population Growth	-1.35% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	25.34/sq mi, rank #114
Median Household Income:	$29,254 at 2010-2014—-3.69% increase since 2005-2009, rank #114
Median House Price:	$69,400 at 2010-2014—25.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #112
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	810.75 sq mi, rank #2
Water Area:	2.77 sq mi (0.34%), rank #65
State:	Mississippi
County:	Wayne County
City:	Richton, Waynesboro, Laurel, Buckatunna, Clara, Shubuta, Heidelberg, State Line
Zip:	39476, 39367, 39443, 39322, 39360, 39439, 39362
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS;Laurel, MS;Meridian, MS

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Wayne County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

810 Chickasawhay St

Waynesboro MS, 39367, Wayne County

Phone: 601-735-4871

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,453	3,587	3,617	3,637	3,708	3,755	3,848
English Language Learner Students:	0	14	14	18	18	13	11
Total Teachers:	238.89	242.15	219.75	233.04	257.25	271.90	281.20
Prekindergarten:	2.92	2.00	4.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	8.52	12.19	10.23	10.00	8.62	13.10	14.00
Elementary:	92.98	95.17	85.28	87.49	105.90	120.60	126.70
Secondary:	100.93	98.24	91.15	97.72	103.86	103.20	115.40
Ungraded:	33.54	34.55	29.09	35.83	36.87	34.00	24.10
Total Other Staff:	284.96	292.73	269.56	266.40	280.51	309.90	296.70
Instructional Aides:	56.13	58.93	50.56	57.03	60.87	71.20	73.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.24	4.23	5.79	5.57	5.53	8.00	7.90
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.61	3.56	4.50	5.92	5.12	10.00	3.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.81	0.82	0.18	2.67	1.75	1.60	0.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.80	2.74	4.32	3.25	3.37	3.40	3.10
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	5.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.69	6.73	6.88	7.00	6.76	6.80	7.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	6.43	7.43	5.50	5.50	7.50	7.00	6.00
District Administrative Support:	12.16	13.56	12.24	12.22	12.71	14.00	12.40
School Administrators:	16.60	15.27	15.12	16.34	15.87	17.00	15.00
School Administrative Support:	23.84	23.04	23.94	21.00	21.04	20.10	18.20
Student Support Services:	31.88	32.81	17.15	12.43	13.43	14.70	12.60
Other Support Services:	121.38	125.17	125.88	121.39	128.68	139.10	138.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.45	14.81	16.46	15.61	14.41	13.81	13.68

Schools

Beat Four Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	5090 Hwy 84, Waynesboro MS 39367
Buckatunna Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	11 Mt. Zion Rd, Buckatunna MS 39322
Clara Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	40 Clara School Rd, Waynesboro MS 39367
Wayne Co Vocational Complex	Grade 9 to Grade 12	800 Collins St, Waynesboro MS 39367
Wayne County Alternative School	Grade 5 to Grade 12	1325 Azalea Dr, Waynesboro MS 39367
Wayne County High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1325 Azalea Dr, Waynesboro MS 39367
Waynesboro Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	1022 Azalea Dr, Waynesboro MS 39367
Waynesboro Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	155 Wayne St, Waynesboro MS 39367

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	31.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	35.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.2%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.4%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.7%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.2%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.4%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.4%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	76.4%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.3%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80.3%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66.7%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	82.8%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.5%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.9%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.4%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	88.1%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.7%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	71.7%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	66.7%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	78%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	88.8%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	84.4%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	75.6%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	68.1%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	61.7%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	64.1%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	74.5%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	69%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	68.9%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	94.6%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	95.8%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	96.2%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	86.7%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	87.7%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	97.2%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	89.9%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	90.3%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	69.8%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	80.1%	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:	$46,236,000	$12,783		$46,058,000	$12,664		$38,923,000	$10,497
Federal:	$6,040,000	$1,670	13.1%	$13,163,000	$3,619	28.6%	$8,420,000	$2,271	21.6%
State:	$17,125,000	$4,735	37.0%	$16,341,000	$4,493	35.5%	$16,774,000	$4,524	43.1%
Local:	$23,071,000	$6,378	49.9%	$16,554,000	$4,552	35.9%	$13,729,000	$3,703	35.3%
Total Expenditures:	$33,206,000	$9,181		$35,193,000	$9,676		$31,484,000	$8,491
Total Current Expenditures:	$27,536,000	$7,613		$27,665,000	$7,607		$29,018,000	$7,826
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,213,000	$4,482	58.9%	$16,664,000	$4,582	60.2%	$17,868,000	$4,819	61.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,942,000	$537	7.1%	$1,758,000	$483	6.4%	$2,082,000	$561	7.2%
Administration:	$3,194,000	$883	11.6%	$3,336,000	$917	12.1%	$3,288,000	$887	11.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,187,000	$1,711	22.5%	$5,907,000	$1,624	21.4%	$5,780,000	$1,559	19.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,447,000	$1,229		$6,909,000	$1,900		$1,975,000	$533
Construction:	$3,323,000	$919		$6,344,000	$1,744		$893,000	$241
Total Other:	$984,000	$272		$313,000	$86		$161,000	$43
Interest on Debt:	$239,000	$66		$306,000	$84		$330,000	$89

Total Salary:	$16,817,000	$4,649		$16,943,000	$4,659		$17,928,000	$4,835
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,938,000	$3,024	65.0%	$11,149,000	$3,065	65.8%	$12,256,000	$3,305	68.4%
Other Salary:	$5,879,000	$1,625	35.0%	$5,794,000	$1,593	34.2%	$5,672,000	$1,530	31.6%
Total Benefit:	$5,412,000	$1,496		$5,278,000	$1,451		$5,658,000	$1,526
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,439,000	$951	63.5%	$3,353,000	$922	63.5%	$3,704,000	$999	65.5%
Other Benefit:	$1,973,000	$545	36.5%	$1,925,000	$529	36.5%	$1,954,000	$527	34.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	49.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	25.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	14.9%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	33.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	18.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	8.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,651.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,808.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,877.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,548.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$46,672.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$48,954.0

* Wayne 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.