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Perry County Schools

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Perry County Schools is located in south Mississippi. Perry County Schools has 523.80 square miles of land area and 2.84 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Perry County Schools population is 8,769. Perry County Schools median household income is $32,962 in 2010-2014. Perry County Schools median house value is $77,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Perry County Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(79 out of 148, bottom 47%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	8,769 (2010-2014), rank #111
Population Growth	0.45% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	16.65/sq mi, rank #134
Median Household Income:	$32,962 at 2010-2014—-8.71% increase since 2005-2009, rank #81
Median House Price:	$77,800 at 2010-2014—19.33% increase since 2005-2009, rank #73
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	523.80 sq mi, rank #30
Water Area:	2.84 sq mi (0.54%), rank #64
State:	Mississippi
County:	Perry County
City:	Beaumont, New Augusta, Brooklyn, Wiggins, Mc Lain, Richton, Petal, Ovett
Zip:	39423, 39462, 39425, 39577, 39456, 39476, 39465, 39464
Area:	Hattiesburg, MS

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Perry County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

105 Main St

New Augusta MS, 39462, Perry County

Phone: 601-964-3211

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,189	1,234	1,240	1,269	1,277	1,303	1,320
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Teachers:	93.24	99.31	90.53	100.12	103.37	102.90	106.70
Prekindergarten:	0.30	0.45	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	6.11	6.80	4.87	5.33	5.08	6.40	6.40
Elementary:	36.07	41.48	41.79	43.44	46.37	48.40	52.30
Secondary:	38.35	41.64	33.18	40.18	43.46	37.80	37.60
Ungraded:	12.41	8.94	10.22	11.17	8.46	10.30	10.40
Total Other Staff:	102.89	104.37	107.02	102.68	107.89	108.50	118.30
Instructional Aides:	29.26	31.09	33.44	31.06	32.15	35.00	35.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.11	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.60	4.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.92	2.96	2.98	2.97	2.77	2.80	2.40
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.92	0.96	0.98	0.97	0.77	0.80	0.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.60	1.60
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.40	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.84	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.90	2.80
Library/Media Support:	0.80	1.54	1.54	1.47	1.46	0.70	0.70
District Administrators:	3.00	3.36	4.20	4.00	3.98	3.80	3.80
District Administrative Support:	4.28	2.00	2.00	1.75	2.50	3.10	3.00
School Administrators:	6.75	6.86	5.69	6.00	5.80	5.50	5.60
School Administrative Support:	9.89	9.89	9.89	9.64	9.80	9.80	10.00
Student Support Services:	7.90	8.16	8.48	9.00	9.91	9.70	9.50
Other Support Services:	35.14	35.51	34.80	32.79	35.52	31.60	40.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.75	12.43	13.70	12.67	12.35	12.66	12.37

Schools

Beaumont Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	1300 Beaumont, Beaumont MS 39423
New Augusta Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	100 8th Ave South, New Augusta MS 39462
Perry Central High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	9899 Hwy 98 East, New Augusta MS 39462
Perry Co Vocational Complex	Grade 9 to Grade 12	9899 A Hwy 98 East, New Augusta MS 39462
Perry County Alternative Center	Grade 5 to Grade 12	9899 Hwy 98 East, New Augusta MS 39462
Runnelstown Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 8	9214 Hwy 42, Petal MS 39465

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.5	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.8	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.3	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.1	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.1	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.8	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.4	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.2%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.3%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	45.2%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	47.9%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.4%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.1%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.6%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	69.5%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68.5%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73.8%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	48.6%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82.5%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86.2%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	89.1%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	100%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94.2%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	94%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.3%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.5%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	64.9%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	80.4%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	87.3%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	85.5%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	84%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	68.1%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	69.2%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	56.8%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	55.8%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	61.4%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	75%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	70.7%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	98.6%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	98.4%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	98.6%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	96%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	98.4%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	95.7%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	86.4%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	90.2%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	62.9%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	75.3%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$12,441,000	$10,033		$12,222,000	$9,631		$12,139,000	$9,506
Federal:	$2,508,000	$2,023	20.2%	$3,171,000	$2,499	25.9%	$3,234,000	$2,532	26.6%
State:	$6,045,000	$4,875	48.6%	$5,653,000	$4,455	46.3%	$5,851,000	$4,582	48.2%
Local:	$3,888,000	$3,135	31.3%	$3,398,000	$2,678	27.8%	$3,054,000	$2,392	25.2%
Total Expenditures:	$11,420,000	$9,210		$11,318,000	$8,919		$12,765,000	$9,996
Total Current Expenditures:	$10,921,000	$8,807		$10,931,000	$8,614		$11,228,000	$8,792
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,273,000	$5,059	57.4%	$6,429,000	$5,066	58.8%	$6,788,000	$5,316	60.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$743,000	$599	6.8%	$709,000	$559	6.5%	$682,000	$534	6.1%
Administration:	$1,383,000	$1,115	12.7%	$1,368,000	$1,078	12.5%	$1,410,000	$1,104	12.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,522,000	$2,034	23.1%	$2,425,000	$1,911	22.2%	$2,348,000	$1,839	20.9%
Total Capital Outlay:	$268,000	$216		$180,000	$142		$1,302,000	$1,020
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$1,112,000	$871
Total Other:	$9,000	$7		$18,000	$14		$23,000	$18
Interest on Debt:	$175,000	$141		$189,000	$149		$212,000	$166

Total Salary:	$6,396,000	$5,158		$6,373,000	$5,022		$6,768,000	$5,300
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,326,000	$3,489	67.6%	$4,343,000	$3,422	68.1%	$4,691,000	$3,673	69.3%
Other Salary:	$2,070,000	$1,669	32.4%	$2,030,000	$1,600	31.9%	$2,077,000	$1,626	30.7%
Total Benefit:	$2,007,000	$1,619		$1,983,000	$1,563		$2,113,000	$1,655
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,353,000	$1,091	67.4%	$1,349,000	$1,063	68.0%	$1,447,000	$1,133	68.5%
Other Benefit:	$654,000	$527	32.6%	$634,000	$500	32.0%	$666,000	$522	31.5%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	59.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	41.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	14.9%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	28.7%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	13.8%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$37,332.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,974.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,159.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$41,590.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$44,709.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA

* Perry County Schools was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.