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George County School District

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George County School District is located in south Mississippi. George County School District has 478.71 square miles of land area and 4.94 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total George County School District population is 22,960. George County School District median household income is $42,472 in 2010-2014. George County School District median house value is $93,800 in 2010-2014. On average, George County School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(58 out of 148, top 39%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	22,960 (2010-2014), rank #35
Population Growth	4.72% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	47.47/sq mi, rank #73
Median Household Income:	$42,472 at 2010-2014—-9.34% increase since 2005-2009, rank #26
Median House Price:	$93,800 at 2010-2014—6.47% increase since 2005-2009, rank #40
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	478.71 sq mi, rank #37
Water Area:	4.94 sq mi (1.02%), rank #45
State:	Mississippi
County:	George County
City:	Lucedale, Perkinston
Zip:	39452, 39573
Area:	Pascagoula, MS

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George County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

5152 Main St

Lucedale MS, 39452, George County

Phone: 601-947-6993

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,126	4,205	4,181	4,254	4,237	4,210	4,296
English Language Learner Students:	0	36	28	29	30	20	23
Total Teachers:	265.75	264.60	274.23	268.24	274.12	266.10	278.80
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.50	1.30
Kindergarten:	17.14	16.73	15.68	14.79	17.16	16.40	18.50
Elementary:	102.30	103.84	127.59	126.79	128.88	122.90	129.70
Secondary:	113.72	111.42	101.02	97.61	99.51	100.10	99.50
Ungraded:	31.59	31.61	28.94	28.05	28.07	26.20	29.80
Total Other Staff:	301.21	311.54	312.38	317.99	331.08	336.00	322.60
Instructional Aides:	98.90	106.48	106.88	117.49	121.60	118.70	112.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	5.03	4.82	4.57	2.90	4.50	3.80	3.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.96	5.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	15.60	7.70
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.96	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00	4.90	4.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.90	2.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	7.80	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	6.00	7.50	5.00
Library/Media Support:	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50
District Administrators:	6.66	6.00	7.05	6.25	6.25	6.30	6.00
District Administrative Support:	12.86	13.66	14.00	13.10	13.10	13.00	11.20
School Administrators:	13.18	12.53	12.96	13.90	13.34	12.60	13.10
School Administrative Support:	18.02	17.10	17.97	16.10	19.47	19.30	18.50
Student Support Services:	23.63	26.39	26.30	28.14	28.95	25.80	25.50
Other Support Services:	111.97	114.06	111.15	108.61	110.87	113.40	119.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.53	15.89	15.25	15.86	15.46	15.82	15.41

Schools

Agricola Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	6165 Hwy 613s, Lucedale MS 39452
Benndale Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	5204 Hwy 26 West, Lucedale MS 39452
Central Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	14159 Hwy 26 West, Lucedale MS 39452
George County High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	9284 Hwy 63s, Lucedale MS 39452
George County Middle	Grade 7 to Grade 8	330 Church St, Lucedale MS 39452
Lc Hatcher	Kindergarten to Grade 3	689 Church St, Lucedale MS 39452
Lucedale Intermediate	Grade 3 to Grade 6	159 Mable St, Lucedale MS 39452
Rocky Creek Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2183 Rocky Creek Rd, Lucedale MS 39452

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.5	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.8	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.7%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	68.7%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	49.9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	42.7%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.2%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.3%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.3%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.7%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.9%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	67.5%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	71.7%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	58.3%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.1%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79.6%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85.8%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.5%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.1%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.9%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.8%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86.3%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	82%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.9%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	82.1%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	84.4%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	74.5%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	84.4%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	81.4%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	77.3%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	70.1%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	63.1%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	80.9%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	79.7%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	97.4%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	95.3%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	91.3%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	94.2%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	96.7%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	95.1%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	97.2%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	95.8%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	83.3%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	90%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$30,490,000	$7,293		$31,390,000	$7,379		$30,963,000	$7,308
Federal:	$4,690,000	$1,122	15.4%	$7,084,000	$1,665	22.6%	$6,381,000	$1,506	20.6%
State:	$19,824,000	$4,741	65.0%	$18,719,000	$4,400	59.6%	$19,067,000	$4,500	61.6%
Local:	$5,976,000	$1,429	19.6%	$5,587,000	$1,313	17.8%	$5,515,000	$1,302	17.8%
Total Expenditures:	$29,085,000	$6,956		$28,941,000	$6,803		$29,925,000	$7,063
Total Current Expenditures:	$28,129,000	$6,728		$27,187,000	$6,391		$27,921,000	$6,590
Instructional Expenditures:	$17,101,000	$4,090	60.8%	$17,045,000	$4,007	62.7%	$17,782,000	$4,197	63.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,520,000	$603	9.0%	$2,541,000	$597	9.3%	$2,597,000	$613	9.3%
Administration:	$2,717,000	$650	9.7%	$2,244,000	$528	8.3%	$2,184,000	$515	7.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,791,000	$1,385	20.6%	$5,357,000	$1,259	19.7%	$5,358,000	$1,265	19.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$757,000	$181		$1,139,000	$268		$1,738,000	$410
Construction:	$190,000	$45		$778,000	$183		$1,176,000	$278
Total Other:	$26,000	$6		$29,000	$7		$18,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$173,000	$41		$586,000	$138		$248,000	$59

Total Salary:	$17,441,000	$4,171		$17,123,000	$4,025		$17,930,000	$4,232
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,162,000	$2,909	69.7%	$12,081,000	$2,840	70.6%	$12,708,000	$2,999	70.9%
Other Salary:	$5,279,000	$1,263	30.3%	$5,042,000	$1,185	29.4%	$5,222,000	$1,232	29.1%
Total Benefit:	$5,509,000	$1,318		$5,327,000	$1,252		$5,627,000	$1,328
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,690,000	$883	67.0%	$3,602,000	$847	67.6%	$3,832,000	$904	68.1%
Other Benefit:	$1,819,000	$435	33.0%	$1,725,000	$406	32.4%	$1,795,000	$424	31.9%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	32.7%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	20.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	27.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	14.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	4.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,341.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,400.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,678.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,251.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,400.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$50,884.0

* George 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.