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Lamar County School District

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Lamar County School District is located in south Mississippi. Lamar County School District has 429.95 square miles of land area and 3.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lamar County School District population is 52,153. Lamar County School District median household income is $55,448 in 2010-2014. Lamar County School District median house value is $167,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Lamar County School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(10 out of 148, top 7%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	16
Population	52,153 (2010-2014), rank #6
Population Growth	29.25% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	120.42/sq mi, rank #43
Median Household Income:	$55,448 at 2010-2014—7.63% increase since 2005-2009, rank #6
Median House Price:	$167,100 at 2010-2014—9.72% increase since 2005-2009, rank #4
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	429.95 sq mi, rank #48
Water Area:	3.14 sq mi (0.72%), rank #57
State:	Mississippi
County:	Lamar County
City:	Hattiesburg, Sumrall, Arnold Line, Lumberton, Columbia, Purvis, West Hattiesburg
Zip:	39402, 39482, 39455, 39429, 39475
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS

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Lamar County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

424 Martin Luther King Dr

Purvis MS, 39475, Lamar County

Phone: 601-794-1030

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	9,569	9,404	9,251	9,022	8,606	8,215	7,853
English Language Learner Students:	237	203	138	121	122	175	90
Total Teachers:	612.95	618.04	588.32	576.74	571.27	563.50	553.00
Prekindergarten:	4.44	4.93	6.84	6.59	6.44	6.10	5.50
Kindergarten:	33.92	38.94	35.16	34.01	36.28	32.10	32.60
Elementary:	228.13	219.87	216.60	207.53	201.78	204.30	206.00
Secondary:	255.12	261.27	246.51	239.74	240.27	236.50	224.10
Ungraded:	91.34	93.03	83.21	88.87	86.50	84.50	84.80
Total Other Staff:	683.36	661.80	640.38	606.23	636.51	638.30	621.00
Instructional Aides:	156.17	163.56	148.51	141.57	150.99	142.60	149.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	13.05	11.08	9.91	6.45	9.60	11.30	10.60
Total Guidance Counselors:	22.00	20.71	18.46	16.95	17.44	32.20	18.30
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	9.67	9.08	8.65	7.62	8.94	8.30	9.60
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	12.33	11.63	9.81	9.33	8.50	7.80	8.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	16.10	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	14.44	13.40	13.34	13.66	13.45	13.00	13.90
Library/Media Support:	3.00	3.00	4.00	6.00	9.00	8.00	8.00
District Administrators:	8.93	9.02	9.98	9.32	9.95	9.20	9.50
District Administrative Support:	33.27	36.73	37.90	35.00	30.04	31.00	28.60
School Administrators:	28.84	26.57	26.03	26.65	28.56	29.20	28.90
School Administrative Support:	68.48	62.41	62.16	58.29	62.56	61.40	60.40
Student Support Services:	67.29	58.01	53.23	54.82	54.80	56.20	59.20
Other Support Services:	267.89	257.31	256.86	237.52	250.12	244.20	234.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.61	15.22	15.72	15.64	15.06	14.58	14.20

Schools

Baxterville	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	5531 Hwy 11, Lumberton MS 39455
Jefferson/Todd Alternative Program	Grade 5 to Grade 12	424 Martin Luther King Dr, Purvis MS 39475
Lamar Co Vocational Technology Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	41 College Dr, Purvis MS 39475
Longleaf	Kindergarten to Grade 5	5279 West 4th St, Hattiesburg MS 39402
Oak Grove High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	5198 Old Hwy11, Hattiesburg MS 39402
Oak Grove Lower	Grade 2 to Grade 3	1762 Old Hwy 24, Hattiesburg MS 39402
Oak Grove Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	2543 Old Hwy24, Hattiesburg MS 39402
Oak Grove Primary	Kindergarten to Grade 1	70 Leaf Ln, Hattiesburg MS 39402
Oak Grove Upper Elementary	Grade 4 to Grade 5	1760 Old Hwy 24, Hattiesburg MS 39402
Purvis High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	220 School St, Purvis MS 39475
Purvis Lower	Kindergarten to Grade 2	5976 U.S. Hwy 11, Purvis MS 39475
Purvis Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	213 School St, Purvis MS 39475
Purvis Upper	Grade 3 to Grade 5	310 Mitchell, Purvis MS 39475
Sumrall Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	Hwy. 42, Sumrall MS 39482
Sumrall High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	198 Center Ave, Sumrall MS 39482
Sumrall Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	Hwy 42, Sumrall MS 39482

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.1	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.9	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.1	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.9	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.5	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.4	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.9	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.7	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158.8	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.4	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63.9%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61.3%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	55.4%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	53.8%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	70.9%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	74.0%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.8%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.6%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.4%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.2%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.8%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.3%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.1%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.7%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.7%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.3%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.1%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.6%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	95.9%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	94.1%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	93%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	87.4%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	84.5%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	87.1%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	77.9%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	81.8%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	87.2%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	85.9%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	98%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	98.4%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	98.9%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	99.6%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.8%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	98.4%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	97.3%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	98.1%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	90.1%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	91.1%	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:	$77,712,000	$8,400		$77,397,000	$8,579		$74,228,000	$8,625
Federal:	$7,067,000	$764	9.1%	$11,854,000	$1,314	15.3%	$9,500,000	$1,104	12.8%
State:	$40,238,000	$4,350	51.8%	$36,478,000	$4,043	47.1%	$36,158,000	$4,201	48.7%
Local:	$30,407,000	$3,287	39.1%	$29,065,000	$3,222	37.6%	$28,570,000	$3,320	38.5%
Total Expenditures:	$78,091,000	$8,441		$71,659,000	$7,943		$70,855,000	$8,233
Total Current Expenditures:	$68,383,000	$7,392		$65,657,000	$7,277		$66,520,000	$7,729
Instructional Expenditures:	$41,611,000	$4,498	60.8%	$39,961,000	$4,429	60.9%	$40,302,000	$4,683	60.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$7,339,000	$793	10.7%	$6,986,000	$774	10.6%	$7,463,000	$867	11.2%
Administration:	$6,141,000	$664	9.0%	$5,701,000	$632	8.7%	$5,927,000	$689	8.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$13,292,000	$1,437	19.4%	$13,009,000	$1,442	19.8%	$12,828,000	$1,491	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$7,491,000	$810		$3,698,000	$410		$1,986,000	$231
Construction:	$4,793,000	$518		$651,000	$72		$58,000	$7
Total Other:	$112,000	$12		$50,000	$6		$44,000	$5
Interest on Debt:	$2,105,000	$228		$2,254,000	$250		$2,305,000	$268

Total Salary:	$43,532,000	$4,706		$41,680,000	$4,620		$42,672,000	$4,958
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$29,829,000	$3,224	68.5%	$28,752,000	$3,187	69.0%	$29,190,000	$3,392	68.4%
Other Salary:	$13,703,000	$1,481	31.5%	$12,928,000	$1,433	31.0%	$13,482,000	$1,567	31.6%
Total Benefit:	$13,663,000	$1,477		$12,778,000	$1,416		$13,133,000	$1,526
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$9,113,000	$985	66.7%	$8,594,000	$953	67.3%	$8,773,000	$1,019	66.8%
Other Benefit:	$4,550,000	$492	33.3%	$4,184,000	$464	32.7%	$4,360,000	$507	33.2%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	51.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	27.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	20.0%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	31.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.6%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	1.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,557.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,338.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,901.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$41,050.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,397.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$52,234.0

* Lamar County 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.