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Petal School District

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Petal School District is located in south Mississippi. Petal School District has 93.83 square miles of land area and 1.07 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Petal School District population is 19,754. Petal School District median household income is $52,385 in 2010-2014. Petal School District median house value is $132,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Petal School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(16 out of 148, top 11%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	19,754 (2010-2014), rank #44
Population Growth	0.15% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	208.16/sq mi, rank #28
Median Household Income:	$52,385 at 2010-2014—7.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #10
Median House Price:	$132,200 at 2010-2014—15.86% increase since 2005-2009, rank #19
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	93.83 sq mi, rank #117
Water Area:	1.07 sq mi (1.13%), rank #101
State:	Mississippi
County:	Forrest County
City:	Petal
Zip:	39465
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS

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Petal School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

115 Hwy 42 East

Petal MS, 39465, Forrest County

Phone: 601-545-3002

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,035	3,999	4,024	3,978	3,953	3,995	3,992
English Language Learner Students:	86	113	73	57	54	63	53
Total Teachers:	280.13	283.88	266.54	268.23	277.43	281.00	271.90
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	0.91	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	14.00	14.00	14.09	13.00	11.57	12.00	13.30
Elementary:	114.43	121.09	116.95	114.08	125.27	122.60	117.50
Secondary:	114.33	113.77	102.83	104.62	106.92	112.10	108.80
Ungraded:	36.37	34.02	31.76	35.53	32.67	33.30	31.30
Total Other Staff:	227.11	231.75	244.87	267.42	318.59	318.90	284.00
Instructional Aides:	41.50	43.00	44.62	48.26	64.76	59.50	51.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.32	3.32	1.79	2.32	3.32	2.80	4.80
Total Guidance Counselors:	6.00	6.00	6.00	4.95	4.95	12.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	3.47	3.46	3.30	2.30
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.48	1.49	2.70	2.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	6.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	4.00	3.51	5.00	6.00	5.90	4.90
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.80	1.80	1.30
District Administrators:	9.06	7.39	8.06	10.08	11.13	8.80	7.10
District Administrative Support:	17.00	16.50	18.49	20.00	19.50	19.50	17.50
School Administrators:	14.00	14.00	14.00	13.50	13.50	15.50	12.30
School Administrative Support:	18.00	17.00	18.00	17.00	17.84	21.60	15.50
Student Support Services:	25.19	28.10	26.49	24.97	25.23	24.10	23.60
Other Support Services:	89.04	92.44	103.91	120.34	150.56	147.40	140.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.40	14.09	15.10	14.83	14.25	14.22	14.68

Schools

Petal Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 4	1179 Hwy 42 East, Petal MS 39465
Petal High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1145 Hwy 42 East, Petal MS 39465
Petal Middle School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	203 Hwy 42 East, Petal MS 39465
Petal Primary	Kindergarten to Grade 2	60 Herrington Rd, Petal MS 39465
Petal Upper Elementary	Grade 5 to Grade 6	400 Hillcrest Loop, Petal MS 39465

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.1	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.9	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	158	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.3	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.9	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.6	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.9	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.8	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.2	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.7	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.4	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.2	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.6	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	159.1	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	161	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160.7	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	160.3	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.1%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	77.3%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.8%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.6%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.7%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.2%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.1%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95.2%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.4%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.1%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	96.3%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.9%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.2%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	99.2%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.4%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.9%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.6%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.3%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.3%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.5%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	91.7%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	88.2%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	91.1%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	84.3%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	87.5%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	84.8%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	91%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	88.5%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	87.6%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	87.8%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	99%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	99.5%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	98.3%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	99.6%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	98.8%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	98.8%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	96.6%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	97.5%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$34,015,000	$8,453		$33,682,000	$8,467		$33,993,000	$8,599
Federal:	$4,276,000	$1,063	12.6%	$6,063,000	$1,524	18.0%	$5,275,000	$1,334	15.5%
State:	$18,465,000	$4,589	54.3%	$17,523,000	$4,405	52.0%	$17,699,000	$4,477	52.1%
Local:	$11,274,000	$2,802	33.1%	$10,096,000	$2,538	30.0%	$11,019,000	$2,788	32.4%
Total Expenditures:	$32,846,000	$8,163		$32,555,000	$8,184		$38,978,000	$9,860
Total Current Expenditures:	$31,549,000	$7,840		$30,414,000	$7,646		$31,574,000	$7,987
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,016,000	$4,477	57.1%	$17,388,000	$4,371	57.2%	$18,655,000	$4,719	59.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,365,000	$588	7.5%	$2,398,000	$603	7.9%	$2,282,000	$577	7.2%
Administration:	$3,988,000	$991	12.6%	$3,856,000	$969	12.7%	$3,829,000	$969	12.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,180,000	$1,784	22.8%	$6,772,000	$1,702	22.3%	$6,808,000	$1,722	21.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$804,000	$200		$1,612,000	$405		$6,986,000	$1,767
Construction:	$36,000	$9		$1,036,000	$260		$6,586,000	$1,666
Total Other:	$1,000	$0		$2,000	$1		$24,000	$6
Interest on Debt:	$492,000	$122		$527,000	$132		$394,000	$100

Total Salary:	$18,779,000	$4,667		$18,860,000	$4,741		$19,840,000	$5,019
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,479,000	$3,101	66.5%	$12,298,000	$3,092	65.2%	$13,093,000	$3,312	66.0%
Other Salary:	$6,300,000	$1,566	33.5%	$6,562,000	$1,650	34.8%	$6,747,000	$1,707	34.0%
Total Benefit:	$5,777,000	$1,436		$5,929,000	$1,490		$6,259,000	$1,583
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,747,000	$931	64.9%	$3,711,000	$933	62.6%	$3,975,000	$1,006	63.5%
Other Benefit:	$2,030,000	$504	35.1%	$2,218,000	$558	37.4%	$2,284,000	$578	36.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	49.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	22.7%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	29.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	18.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	1.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,074.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,712.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,180.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,458.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$49,056.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$50,604.0

* Petal School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.