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Houston School District

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Houston School District is located in north Mississippi. Houston School District has 283.78 square miles of land area and 0.76 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Houston School District population is 10,146. Houston School District median household income is $33,127 in 2010-2014. Houston School District median house value is $72,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Houston School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(73 out of 148, top 49%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	10,146 (2010-2014), rank #102
Population Growth	-2.29% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	35.66/sq mi, rank #96
Median Household Income:	$33,127 at 2010-2014—-1.29% increase since 2005-2009, rank #79
Median House Price:	$72,400 at 2010-2014—13.13% increase since 2005-2009, rank #100
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	283.78 sq mi, rank #80
Water Area:	0.76 sq mi (0.27%), rank #110
State:	Mississippi
County:	Chickasaw County
City:	Houston, Woodland, Mantee, Vardaman, Houlka, Prairie, Okolona
Zip:	38851, 39776, 39751, 38878, 38850, 39756, 38860

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Houston School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

636 Starkville Rd

Houston MS, 38851, Chickasaw County

Phone: 601-456-3332

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,838	1,802	1,882	1,869	1,933	1,954	1,923
English Language Learner Students:	71	73	52	47	48	68	66
Total Teachers:	127.43	130.34	136.45	130.12	135.94	139.10	145.40
Prekindergarten:	0.36	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Kindergarten:	9.96	8.00	8.36	7.85	7.84	9.00	10.30
Elementary:	52.00	50.93	56.46	55.25	57.59	58.40	60.80
Secondary:	43.86	46.54	48.21	48.01	47.98	47.40	51.80
Ungraded:	21.25	23.87	22.42	18.01	19.53	21.30	19.50
Total Other Staff:	128.37	130.76	131.83	129.76	130.36	136.90	136.70
Instructional Aides:	26.17	26.67	27.65	28.50	29.03	28.10	31.80
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.50	4.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	4.40	4.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.83	4.83	3.83	4.00	3.97	9.80	4.80
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.83	2.83	1.83	2.00	2.00	3.00	2.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.97	1.90	1.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.90	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.83	4.00	3.66	3.73	3.71	3.80	3.80
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50
District Administrative Support:	3.88	3.81	3.81	3.80	3.80	3.90	3.00
School Administrators:	7.00	6.50	6.50	5.00	5.00	7.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	9.00	9.90	9.00
Student Support Services:	10.17	10.27	10.14	10.57	9.86	8.10	8.30
Other Support Services:	54.49	56.68	57.24	55.16	54.99	56.40	58.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.42	13.83	13.79	14.36	14.22	14.05	13.23

Schools

Houston High School	Grade 6 to Grade 12	634 Starkville Rd, Houston MS 38851
Houston Lower Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 2	123 Starkville St, Houston MS 38851
Houston Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	632a Starkville Rd, Houston MS 38851
Houston Upper Elementary	Grade 3 to Grade 5	452 Pittsboro St, Houston MS 38851
Houston Vocational Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	634a Starkville Rd, Houston MS 38851

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.5	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.1	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.1	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	143.3	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.6	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.5	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	36.3%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.8%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.8%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	27.9%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.8%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.2%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.8%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.7%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.4%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.9%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	98.8%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.7%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	97.9%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.2%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.2%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	99.2%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.6%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	98.9%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	97.2%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.6%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	73.8%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	76.5%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	86.8%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	90.8%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	83.5%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	80.9%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	77.8%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	72.3%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	79.7%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	69.8%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	70.9%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	76.7%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	99%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	99%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.8%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	100%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	98.9%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	90.1%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	85.7%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	82.2%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,465,000	$8,217		$15,402,000	$8,241		$15,204,000	$7,865
Federal:	$2,824,000	$1,501	18.3%	$3,182,000	$1,703	20.7%	$2,898,000	$1,499	19.1%
State:	$9,721,000	$5,165	62.9%	$9,215,000	$4,930	59.8%	$9,230,000	$4,775	60.7%
Local:	$2,920,000	$1,552	18.9%	$3,005,000	$1,608	19.5%	$3,076,000	$1,591	20.2%
Total Expenditures:	$15,003,000	$7,972		$14,703,000	$7,867		$15,004,000	$7,762
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,384,000	$7,643		$13,744,000	$7,354		$14,452,000	$7,476
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,592,000	$4,565	59.7%	$8,427,000	$4,509	61.3%	$8,714,000	$4,508	60.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,308,000	$695	9.1%	$1,042,000	$558	7.6%	$1,052,000	$544	7.3%
Administration:	$1,545,000	$821	10.7%	$1,357,000	$726	9.9%	$1,408,000	$728	9.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,939,000	$1,562	20.4%	$2,918,000	$1,561	21.2%	$3,278,000	$1,696	22.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$488,000	$259		$804,000	$430		$382,000	$198
Construction:	$40,000	$21		$625,000	$334		$64,000	$33
Total Other:	$2,000	$1		$2,000	$1		$2,000	$1
Interest on Debt:	$129,000	$69		$153,000	$82		$168,000	$87

Total Salary:	$8,548,000	$4,542		$8,298,000	$4,440		$8,582,000	$4,440
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,860,000	$3,114	68.6%	$5,845,000	$3,127	70.4%	$6,080,000	$3,145	70.8%
Other Salary:	$2,688,000	$1,428	31.4%	$2,453,000	$1,312	29.6%	$2,502,000	$1,294	29.2%
Total Benefit:	$2,726,000	$1,448		$2,649,000	$1,417		$2,731,000	$1,413
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,821,000	$968	66.8%	$1,793,000	$959	67.7%	$1,856,000	$960	68.0%
Other Benefit:	$905,000	$481	33.2%	$856,000	$458	32.3%	$875,000	$453	32.0%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	18.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.8%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	25.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	23.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	17.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	3.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,085.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,740.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,737.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$45,705.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$50,740.0

* Houston 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.