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Lawrence County School District

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Lawrence County School District is located in south Mississippi. Lawrence County School District has 430.67 square miles of land area and 5.10 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Lawrence County School District population is 12,636. Lawrence County School District median household income is $37,477 in 2010-2014. Lawrence County School District median house value is $84,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Lawrence County School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(49 out of 148, top 33%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	12,636 (2010-2014), rank #82
Population Growth	-4.69% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	29.00/sq mi, rank #106
Median Household Income:	$37,477 at 2010-2014—8.18% increase since 2005-2009, rank #49
Median House Price:	$84,700 at 2010-2014—24.19% increase since 2005-2009, rank #56
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	430.67 sq mi, rank #47
Water Area:	5.10 sq mi (1.17%), rank #44
State:	Mississippi
County:	Lawrence County
City:	Monticello, Oak Vale, Silver Creek, Newhebron, New Hebron, Jayess, Ruth, Sontag, Wesson
Zip:	39654, 39656, 39663, 39140, 39641, 39662, 39665, 39191
Area:	Brookhaven, MS;Jackson, MS

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Lawrence County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

346 Thomas East Jolly Dr

Monticello MS, 39654, Lawrence County

Phone: 601-587-2506

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,199	2,171	2,145	2,108	2,171	2,231	2,248
English Language Learner Students:	0	5	5	5	5	11	7
Total Teachers:	154.04	159.52	163.00	166.94	170.80	178.00	181.40
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.86	0.86	0.85	1.00	0.20
Kindergarten:	12.45	12.30	10.64	9.40	11.55	10.90	11.90
Elementary:	69.29	72.15	75.21	73.76	77.48	82.00	81.30
Secondary:	58.36	60.63	62.07	64.84	65.43	68.30	68.40
Ungraded:	13.94	14.44	14.22	18.08	15.49	15.80	19.60
Total Other Staff:	162.74	169.90	174.08	170.85	174.39	173.80	183.20
Instructional Aides:	23.72	27.75	31.76	30.76	32.50	32.50	38.70
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.33	3.53	3.94	4.29	4.28	3.20	3.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.88	1.87	4.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.88	1.87	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.71	2.87	2.82	2.81	2.81	2.90	2.90
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	4.13	3.75	6.00	7.00	6.39	6.50	6.00
District Administrative Support:	10.50	10.00	9.50	9.50	11.50	12.60	11.30
School Administrators:	9.43	10.15	8.87	9.84	11.06	11.40	11.40
School Administrative Support:	13.94	14.00	15.00	15.00	16.74	15.70	14.00
Student Support Services:	17.46	21.93	23.52	22.30	17.29	14.00	24.60
Other Support Services:	73.52	72.92	69.67	66.47	69.95	70.00	67.90
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.28	13.61	13.16	12.63	12.71	12.53	12.39

Schools

Lawrence Co Hi	Grade 9 to Grade 12	713 Thomas East Jolly Dr, Monticello MS 39654
Lawrence Co Technology & Career Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	686 Smith Ln, Monticello MS 39654
Monticello Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	957 Mcpherson Dr, Monticello MS 39654
New Hebron	Kindergarten to Grade 8	120 Main St Ext., Newhebron MS 39140
Rod Paige Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1570 Hwy 84 West, Monticello MS 39654
Topeka Tilton	Kindergarten to Grade 8	853 Hightway 27 South, Monticello MS 39654

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.7	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.8	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.7	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.7	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.4	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.3	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.8	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.5	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.6	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.9%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.1%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64.4%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.5%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.4%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.2%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82.5%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	67.3%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66.3%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.4%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.4%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.7%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.4%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	95.3%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.9%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.6%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	84.3%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	88.8%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	91.2%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	73.4%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	81.4%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	83%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	73.9%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	81.9%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	73.6%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	67.3%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	77.6%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	72%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	74.8%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	71.5%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	68.8%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	95.3%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	92%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	91.9%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	93.1%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	94.5%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	96.1%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	88.7%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	93.7%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	82%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	78.1%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$19,146,000	$8,926		$20,577,000	$9,761		$19,775,000	$9,109
Federal:	$3,650,000	$1,702	19.1%	$4,609,000	$2,186	22.4%	$4,252,000	$1,959	21.5%
State:	$9,378,000	$4,372	49.0%	$8,937,000	$4,240	43.4%	$9,194,000	$4,235	46.5%
Local:	$6,118,000	$2,852	32.0%	$7,031,000	$3,335	34.2%	$6,329,000	$2,915	32.0%
Total Expenditures:	$19,097,000	$8,903		$23,237,000	$11,023		$19,808,000	$9,124
Total Current Expenditures:	$18,161,000	$8,467		$18,229,000	$8,648		$18,878,000	$8,696
Instructional Expenditures:	$10,550,000	$4,918	58.1%	$10,654,000	$5,054	58.4%	$11,314,000	$5,211	59.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,533,000	$715	8.4%	$1,391,000	$660	7.6%	$1,257,000	$579	6.7%
Administration:	$2,557,000	$1,192	14.1%	$2,688,000	$1,275	14.7%	$2,805,000	$1,292	14.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,521,000	$1,641	19.4%	$3,496,000	$1,658	19.2%	$3,502,000	$1,613	18.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$769,000	$359		$4,925,000	$2,336		$878,000	$404
Construction:	$468,000	$218		$4,493,000	$2,131		$311,000	$143
Total Other:	$41,000	$19		$56,000	$27		$41,000	$19
Interest on Debt:	$126,000	$59		$27,000	$13		$11,000	$5

Total Salary:	$11,105,000	$5,177		$11,120,000	$5,275		$11,633,000	$5,358
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$7,280,000	$3,394	65.6%	$7,234,000	$3,432	65.1%	$7,705,000	$3,549	66.2%
Other Salary:	$3,825,000	$1,783	34.4%	$3,886,000	$1,843	34.9%	$3,928,000	$1,809	33.8%
Total Benefit:	$3,459,000	$1,613		$3,476,000	$1,649		$3,646,000	$1,679
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,177,000	$1,015	62.9%	$2,146,000	$1,018	61.7%	$2,309,000	$1,064	63.3%
Other Benefit:	$1,282,000	$598	37.1%	$1,330,000	$631	38.3%	$1,337,000	$616	36.7%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	49.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	37.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	13.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.4%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	19.4%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	3.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,650.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,136.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,864.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,726.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$47,379.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$44,120.0

* Lawrence County School District was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.