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Covington County School District

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Covington County School District is located in south Mississippi. Covington County School District has 413.79 square miles of land area and 1.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Covington County School District population is 19,495. Covington County School District median household income is $32,162 in 2010-2014. Covington County School District median house value is $72,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Covington County School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(116 out of 148, bottom 22%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	10
Population	19,495 (2010-2014), rank #46
Population Growth	-4.04% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	46.98/sq mi, rank #74
Median Household Income:	$32,162 at 2010-2014—5.51% increase since 2005-2009, rank #91
Median House Price:	$72,300 at 2010-2014—-5.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #101
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	413.79 sq mi, rank #54
Water Area:	1.14 sq mi (0.27%), rank #99
State:	Mississippi
County:	Covington County
City:	Collins, Seminary, Mount Olive, Taylorsville, Prentiss, Hattiesburg, Sumrall
Zip:	39428, 39479, 39119, 39168, 39474, 39402, 39401, 39482
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS

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Covington County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1211 South Dogwood St

Collins MS, 39428, Covington County

Phone: 601-765-2104

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,957	3,044	3,141	3,136	3,208	3,241	3,266
English Language Learner Students:	0	37	20	19	25	20	18
Total Teachers:	204.26	205.68	206.73	219.40	224.58	232.30	226.40
Prekindergarten:	1.00	0.83	2.00	1.83	1.66	1.20	0.70
Kindergarten:	11.40	13.37	12.55	14.85	11.61	14.20	14.70
Elementary:	78.89	78.14	79.40	78.59	86.35	88.10	86.40
Secondary:	94.02	94.65	93.16	102.03	103.93	106.70	104.00
Ungraded:	18.95	18.69	19.62	22.10	21.03	22.10	20.60
Total Other Staff:	221.76	238.18	252.83	253.18	264.11	273.10	256.50
Instructional Aides:	55.16	64.94	77.51	70.33	69.79	72.60	68.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.86	4.07	2.57	2.57	2.56	2.60	2.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	16.20	8.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.40	4.40
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	3.70	3.80
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	8.10	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.36	5.44	5.50	5.28	7.82	7.40	8.70
Library/Media Support:	0.50	1.34	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2.00
District Administrators:	6.00	6.50	5.50	6.00	6.50	6.70	6.00
District Administrative Support:	10.76	9.77	12.17	10.89	9.88	8.80	10.70
School Administrators:	13.00	12.91	14.91	15.00	15.00	13.00	14.00
School Administrative Support:	12.88	15.42	15.42	14.74	16.82	21.10	15.90
Student Support Services:	17.57	16.61	15.49	16.35	15.94	16.30	19.40
Other Support Services:	87.17	91.68	92.26	100.52	108.30	107.40	101.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.48	14.80	15.19	14.29	14.28	13.95	14.43

Schools

Carver Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	104 Carver Dr, Collins MS 39428
Collin Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	401 Dogwood St, Collins MS 39428
Collins High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1208 South Dogwood, Collins MS 39428
Covington Co Vocational Technical	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1200 South Dogwood St, Collins MS 39428
Covington County Alternative School	Kindergarten to Grade 12	1104 South Elm St, Collins MS 39428
Hopewell Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	824 Hopewell Rd, Collins MS 39428
Mt Olive Attendance	Kindergarten to Grade 12	301 South 4th St, Mount Olive MS 39119
Seminary Attendance	Kindergarten to Grade 12	200 Main St, Seminary MS 39479
Seminary Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	200 Main St, Seminary MS 39479
Seminary Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	200 Main St, Seminary MS 39479

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.9	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.2	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.6	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.9	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.4	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	142.5	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.2	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.7	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.9	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.7%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	33.5%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	29.3%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	39%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.8%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.9%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.9%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.0%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.3%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.1%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.4%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65.6%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	42.3%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	77.8%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.8%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.5%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.2%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	88.2%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.3%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	91%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.5%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.9%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	72.8%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	82.6%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	65.7%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	71.9%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	74.7%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	80.2%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	65.5%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	70.6%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	71.3%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	50.6%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	57.3%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	62.7%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	72.1%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	63.1%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	93.5%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	96%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	88.4%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	95.1%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	97.8%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	96.4%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	89.6%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	70.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	69.9%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$27,639,000	$8,799		$27,310,000	$8,709		$27,884,000	$8,692
Federal:	$5,288,000	$1,684	19.1%	$6,930,000	$2,210	25.4%	$5,963,000	$1,859	21.4%
State:	$14,304,000	$4,554	51.8%	$13,463,000	$4,293	49.3%	$13,932,000	$4,343	50.0%
Local:	$8,047,000	$2,562	29.1%	$6,917,000	$2,206	25.3%	$7,989,000	$2,490	28.7%
Total Expenditures:	$26,214,000	$8,346		$29,052,000	$9,264		$27,683,000	$8,629
Total Current Expenditures:	$25,265,000	$8,044		$28,079,000	$8,954		$26,340,000	$8,211
Instructional Expenditures:	$14,516,000	$4,621	57.5%	$14,965,000	$4,772	53.3%	$15,429,000	$4,810	58.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,996,000	$635	7.9%	$2,355,000	$751	8.4%	$2,306,000	$719	8.8%
Administration:	$2,951,000	$940	11.7%	$2,956,000	$943	10.5%	$3,050,000	$951	11.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,802,000	$1,847	23.0%	$7,803,000	$2,488	27.8%	$5,555,000	$1,732	21.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$472,000	$150		$854,000	$272		$1,219,000	$380
Construction:	$10,000	$3		$107,000	$34		$0	$0
Total Other:	$112,000	$36		$73,000	$23		$79,000	$25
Interest on Debt:	$350,000	$111		$46,000	$15		$45,000	$14

Total Salary:	$15,209,000	$4,842		$15,621,000	$4,981		$16,076,000	$5,011
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,776,000	$3,112	64.3%	$10,097,000	$3,220	64.6%	$10,362,000	$3,230	64.5%
Other Salary:	$5,433,000	$1,730	35.7%	$5,524,000	$1,761	35.4%	$5,714,000	$1,781	35.5%
Total Benefit:	$4,899,000	$1,560		$5,030,000	$1,604		$5,205,000	$1,623
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,090,000	$984	63.1%	$3,180,000	$1,014	63.2%	$3,315,000	$1,033	63.7%
Other Benefit:	$1,809,000	$576	36.9%	$1,850,000	$590	36.8%	$1,890,000	$589	36.3%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	49.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	46.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	29.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.7%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	4.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,086.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,144.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,737.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,205.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,564.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,158.0

* Covington County School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.