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West Point School District

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West Point School District is located in northeast Mississippi. West Point School District has 238.83 square miles of land area and 5.49 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total West Point School District population is 18,142. West Point School District median household income is $33,981 in 2010-2014. West Point School District median house value is $81,400 in 2010-2014. On average, West Point School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(92 out of 148, bottom 38%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	18,142 (2010-2014), rank #53
Population Growth	-1.13% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	74.25/sq mi, rank #54
Median Household Income:	$33,981 at 2010-2014—11.82% increase since 2005-2009, rank #72
Median House Price:	$81,400 at 2010-2014—5.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #66
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	238.83 sq mi, rank #84
Water Area:	5.49 sq mi (2.25%), rank #43
State:	Mississippi
County:	Clay County
City:	West Point, Prairie, Cedarbluff
Zip:	39773, 39756, 39741
Area:	West Point, MS

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West Point School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

429 Commerce St

West Point MS, 39773, Clay County

Phone: 662-494-4242

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,235	3,277	3,275	3,288	3,369	3,378	3,451
English Language Learner Students:	0	36	6	8	11	20	10
Total Teachers:	200.48	199.54	192.45	187.13	210.27	210.40	216.80
Prekindergarten:	4.92	5.00	4.92	5.00	4.91	4.90	5.00
Kindergarten:	12.50	11.94	10.69	9.69	12.00	14.00	14.00
Elementary:	70.68	68.13	66.54	66.34	77.44	76.50	77.00
Secondary:	92.69	97.26	89.05	77.70	93.61	91.90	91.10
Ungraded:	19.69	17.21	21.25	28.40	22.31	23.10	29.70
Total Other Staff:	205.69	213.23	217.81	249.81	260.38	261.90	258.90
Instructional Aides:	48.00	50.69	50.52	65.11	64.48	62.10	60.40
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00	1.49	1.49	1.84	2.01	2.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.50	9.50	9.49	9.41	10.00	19.70	9.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	3.99	3.95	4.50	4.50	4.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.46	5.50	5.40	5.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	9.80	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.98	6.98	7.00	7.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	5.49	5.48	5.56	5.69	7.18	7.20	8.00
District Administrative Support:	12.67	12.59	13.66	13.63	12.86	13.70	11.30
School Administrators:	13.89	15.00	15.00	16.02	16.42	15.20	14.00
School Administrative Support:	12.81	13.08	13.08	15.00	13.37	13.60	13.00
Student Support Services:	19.43	18.45	19.36	26.56	31.17	31.00	21.60
Other Support Services:	74.90	79.95	82.65	89.57	93.91	88.40	106.70
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.14	16.42	17.02	17.57	16.02	16.06	15.92

Schools

Central School	Grade 5 to Grade 6	634 East Westbrook St, West Point MS 39773
Church Hill	Grade 1 to Grade 2	400 Church Hill Rd, West Point MS 39773
East Side Elementary	Prekindergarten to Kindergarten	813 East Broad, West Point MS 39773
Fifth Street School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	620 Fifth St, West Point MS 39773
South Side Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 4	400 Union Dr, West Point MS 39773
West Point High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	950 Eshman Ave, West Point MS 39773
West Point Vocational Comp	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1253 East Church Hill Rd, West Point MS 39773

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.8	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	24.5%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	23.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	37.8%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	38.6%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.9%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	29.1%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.5%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.9%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.9%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	24.9%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	55.3%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73.9%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78.7%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68.4%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.8%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.5%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	96.4%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.3%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	74.8%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	77.9%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	72.4%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	55.2%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	59.8%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	73.1%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	71.5%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	66.1%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	62.9%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	48.4%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	49%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	62%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	69.6%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	63%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	59.1%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	93.2%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	96.5%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	96.9%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	89.7%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	93.8%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	90.3%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	81.2%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	92.1%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	66.2%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	70.2%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$27,345,000	$8,350		$31,455,000	$9,567		$29,508,000	$8,759
Federal:	$5,540,000	$1,692	20.3%	$10,101,000	$3,072	32.1%	$7,884,000	$2,340	26.7%
State:	$15,052,000	$4,596	55.0%	$14,665,000	$4,460	46.6%	$14,860,000	$4,411	50.4%
Local:	$6,753,000	$2,062	24.7%	$6,689,000	$2,034	21.3%	$6,764,000	$2,008	22.9%
Total Expenditures:	$27,508,000	$8,399		$30,653,000	$9,323		$29,947,000	$8,889
Total Current Expenditures:	$26,215,000	$8,005		$28,525,000	$8,675		$27,898,000	$8,281
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,409,000	$4,094	51.2%	$13,934,000	$4,238	48.8%	$15,328,000	$4,550	54.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,484,000	$758	9.5%	$2,711,000	$825	9.5%	$2,694,000	$800	9.7%
Administration:	$3,011,000	$919	11.5%	$2,998,000	$912	10.5%	$3,199,000	$950	11.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,311,000	$2,232	27.9%	$8,882,000	$2,701	31.1%	$6,677,000	$1,982	23.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,004,000	$307		$1,880,000	$572		$1,722,000	$511
Construction:	$115,000	$35		$857,000	$261		$1,000	$0
Total Other:	$11,000	$3		$3,000	$1		$3,000	$1
Interest on Debt:	$278,000	$85		$245,000	$75		$324,000	$96

Total Salary:	$14,282,000	$4,361		$14,546,000	$4,424		$16,027,000	$4,757
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,101,000	$2,779	63.7%	$9,422,000	$2,866	64.8%	$10,665,000	$3,166	66.5%
Other Salary:	$5,181,000	$1,582	36.3%	$5,124,000	$1,558	35.2%	$5,362,000	$1,592	33.5%
Total Benefit:	$4,618,000	$1,410		$4,548,000	$1,383		$4,946,000	$1,468
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,941,000	$898	63.7%	$2,982,000	$907	65.6%	$3,305,000	$981	66.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,677,000	$512	36.3%	$1,566,000	$476	34.4%	$1,641,000	$487	33.2%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	35.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	21.8%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	15.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.0%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	8.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,112.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,944.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,244.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,995.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,039.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$50,636.0

* West Point School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.