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Calhoun County School District

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Calhoun County School District is located in north Mississippi. Calhoun County School District has 586.57 square miles of land area and 1.39 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Calhoun County School District population is 14,841. Calhoun County School District median household income is $29,893 in 2010-2014. Calhoun County School District median house value is $62,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Calhoun County School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(60 out of 148, top 41%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	14,841 (2010-2014), rank #73
Population Growth	2.12% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	25.24/sq mi, rank #115
Median Household Income:	$29,893 at 2010-2014—10.40% increase since 2005-2009, rank #109
Median House Price:	$62,100 at 2010-2014—1.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #130
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	586.57 sq mi, rank #19
Water Area:	1.39 sq mi (0.24%), rank #86
State:	Mississippi
County:	Calhoun County
City:	Calhoun City, Vardaman, Derma, Eupora, Gore Springs, Big Creek, Slate Springs Village, Bruce, Water Valley, Banner, Randolph, Pittsboro, Houlka
Zip:	38916, 38878, 39744, 38929, 38914, 38915, 38965, 38913, 38864, 38951, 38850
Area:	Grenada, MS;Tupelo, MS

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Calhoun County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

119 West Main

Pittsboro MS, 38951, Calhoun County

Phone: 662-412-3152

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,582	2,555	2,533	2,548	2,607	2,556	2,610
English Language Learner Students:	167	185	163	120	126	135	90
Total Teachers:	152.19	140.02	137.03	128.93	148.23	154.60	164.90
Prekindergarten:	4.29	4.21	4.09	4.36	8.75	8.80	8.30
Kindergarten:	8.45	7.82	7.79	9.85	7.35	11.80	11.50
Elementary:	48.51	44.98	47.97	46.03	65.56	61.50	63.50
Secondary:	64.98	57.29	51.21	47.00	49.55	57.20	67.10
Ungraded:	25.96	25.72	25.97	21.69	17.02	15.30	14.50
Total Other Staff:	181.88	185.02	179.59	177.66	208.03	216.00	218.20
Instructional Aides:	54.26	52.19	46.20	46.55	66.26	64.10	75.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	3.14	3.14	2.14	3.25	1.90	2.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.38	3.94	2.98	4.21	4.79	9.60	3.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.50	0.55	0.05	0.55	0.55	0.50	0.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.88	3.39	2.93	3.66	4.24	4.30	3.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.80	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.42	3.57	3.15	4.02	4.25	6.50	6.30
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.84	4.20	3.70
District Administrators:	4.00	3.75	4.65	4.75	4.75	4.80	4.80
District Administrative Support:	6.00	8.00	8.00	7.00	8.00	7.00	7.00
School Administrators:	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.96	9.31	8.90	7.00
School Administrative Support:	12.59	12.72	12.10	11.62	11.55	12.50	11.00
Student Support Services:	13.99	14.35	12.75	12.27	14.05	11.20	14.00
Other Support Services:	72.24	74.36	77.62	76.14	78.98	85.30	82.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.97	18.25	18.49	19.76	17.59	16.53	15.83

Schools

Bruce Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	136 South Mcsweyn, Bruce MS 38915
Bruce Hi	Grade 7 to Grade 12	430 East Countiss St, Bruce MS 38915
Bruce Upper Elementary	Grade 4 to Grade 6	212 North Mcsweyn, Bruce MS 38915
Calhoun Co Career & Technology Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	302 North Madison, Calhoun City MS 38916
Calhoun Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 4	506 East Seamans, Calhoun City MS 38916
Calhoun Hi	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 North Beadle, Calhoun City MS 38916
Calhoun Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	207 North Jackson, Calhoun City MS 38916
Vardaman Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	114 W.B. Gregg, Vardaman MS 38878
Vardaman Hi	Grade 7 to Grade 12	106 W.B. Gregg, Vardaman MS 38878

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.3	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.8	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.6%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	52%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.6%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.7%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.1%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	40.5%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.8%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.8%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.6%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65.4%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74.3%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.3%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.6%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82.9%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.3%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.1%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.7%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.6%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	78.7%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	72.1%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	68%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	80.3%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	80.4%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	77.7%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	75.5%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	69.4%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	72%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	74.7%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	73.7%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	85.3%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	73.8%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	97.8%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	99.2%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	96.1%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	94.9%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.5%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	99.3%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	95%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	97.4%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	73.6%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	73.3%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$20,276,000	$8,005		$20,931,000	$8,215		$20,704,000	$7,942
Federal:	$3,716,000	$1,467	18.3%	$5,028,000	$1,973	24.0%	$4,710,000	$1,807	22.7%
State:	$12,628,000	$4,985	62.3%	$11,960,000	$4,694	57.1%	$12,082,000	$4,634	58.4%
Local:	$3,932,000	$1,552	19.4%	$3,943,000	$1,547	18.8%	$3,912,000	$1,501	18.9%
Total Expenditures:	$19,529,000	$7,710		$18,838,000	$7,393		$20,529,000	$7,875
Total Current Expenditures:	$18,271,000	$7,213		$18,164,000	$7,129		$19,248,000	$7,383
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,407,000	$4,109	57.0%	$10,268,000	$4,030	56.5%	$11,468,000	$4,399	59.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,571,000	$620	8.6%	$1,507,000	$591	8.3%	$1,609,000	$617	8.4%
Administration:	$2,002,000	$790	11.0%	$2,038,000	$800	11.2%	$2,008,000	$770	10.4%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,291,000	$1,694	23.5%	$4,351,000	$1,708	24.0%	$4,163,000	$1,597	21.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,007,000	$398		$376,000	$148		$1,015,000	$389
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$72,000	$28
Total Other:	$50,000	$20		$58,000	$23		$44,000	$17
Interest on Debt:	$201,000	$79		$240,000	$94		$222,000	$85

Total Salary:	$10,979,000	$4,334		$10,795,000	$4,237		$11,775,000	$4,517
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,225,000	$2,852	65.8%	$7,061,000	$2,771	65.4%	$7,986,000	$3,063	67.8%
Other Salary:	$3,754,000	$1,482	34.2%	$3,734,000	$1,465	34.6%	$3,789,000	$1,453	32.2%
Total Benefit:	$3,606,000	$1,424		$3,626,000	$1,423		$3,915,000	$1,502
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,297,000	$907	63.7%	$2,271,000	$891	62.6%	$2,562,000	$983	65.4%
Other Benefit:	$1,309,000	$517	36.3%	$1,355,000	$532	37.4%	$1,353,000	$519	34.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	29.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	15.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	23.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.5%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	23.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	8.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,966.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,065.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$34,775.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$39,621.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$45,461.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$47,625.0

* Calhoun 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.