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Simpson County School District

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Simpson County School District is located close to the center of Mississippi. Simpson County School District has 589.16 square miles of land area and 1.31 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Simpson County School District population is 27,425. Simpson County School District median household income is $36,097 in 2010-2014. Simpson County School District median house value is $76,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Simpson County School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(85 out of 148, bottom 43%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	27,425 (2010-2014), rank #27
Population Growth	-1.71% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	46.45/sq mi, rank #75
Median Household Income:	$36,097 at 2010-2014—5.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #58
Median House Price:	$76,900 at 2010-2014—5.49% increase since 2005-2009, rank #81
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	589.16 sq mi, rank #17
Water Area:	1.31 sq mi (0.22%), rank #90
State:	Mississippi
County:	Simpson County
City:	Pinola, Mendenhall, Braxton, Harrisville, Florence, Magee, Newhebron, D Lo, Mount Olive
Zip:	39149, 39114, 39044, 39082, 39073, 39111, 39140, 39062, 39119
Area:	Jackson, MS

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Simpson County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

111 Education Ln

Mendenhall MS, 39114, Simpson County

Phone: 601-847-8000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,132	4,224	4,246	4,223	4,217	4,262	4,288
English Language Learner Students:	0	31	27	24	25	23	10
Total Teachers:	272.28	270.59	272.68	277.78	285.17	282.00	277.60
Prekindergarten:	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.10	0.10
Kindergarten:	17.20	16.46	16.47	16.13	19.00	18.10	18.40
Elementary:	123.29	123.23	126.87	124.68	128.69	127.40	124.30
Secondary:	98.27	100.71	94.80	101.25	104.88	100.50	101.30
Ungraded:	33.43	30.10	34.45	35.63	32.51	35.90	33.50
Total Other Staff:	283.51	292.19	271.51	271.06	290.13	290.30	267.20
Instructional Aides:	54.75	61.36	62.08	55.82	62.93	60.40	58.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	8.80	6.54	10.75	7.88	7.32	6.60	6.10
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.85	8.59	8.00	9.89	11.00	20.20	10.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.96	4.70	5.00	5.00	5.50	5.40	4.80
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.89	3.89	3.00	4.89	5.50	4.70	5.40
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	10.10	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	8.65	8.34	7.97	8.45	8.32	8.40	7.50
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	10.64	10.64	10.64	8.64	6.82	7.60	6.10
District Administrative Support:	18.00	17.00	16.00	17.00	17.87	16.90	16.00
School Administrators:	16.55	18.62	18.57	16.30	16.05	15.80	13.90
School Administrative Support:	11.85	11.98	11.94	11.55	13.10	15.60	11.00
Student Support Services:	17.79	19.13	19.53	25.53	26.48	24.40	22.10
Other Support Services:	128.63	129.99	106.03	110.00	120.24	114.40	116.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.18	15.61	15.57	15.20	14.79	15.11	15.45

Schools

Magee Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	410 8th St Ne, Magee MS 39111
Magee Hi School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	501 East Choctaw St, Magee MS 39111
Magee Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 8	413 Choctaw East Ste100, Magee MS 39111
Mendenhall Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 4	101 Circle Dr, Mendenhall MS 39114
Mendenhall Hi	Grade 9 to Grade 12	207 Circle Dr, Mendenhall MS 39114
Mendenhall Jr Hi	Grade 5 to Grade 8	733 Dixie Ave, Mendenhall MS 39114
Simpson Central	Kindergarten to Grade 8	755 Simpson Hwy 28 West, Pinola MS 39149
Simpson Co Technical Center	Grade 9 to Grade 12	3415 Simpson Hwy 49, Mendenhall MS 39114
Simpson County Achievement Center	Kindergarten to Grade 12	177 Simpson Hwy 149, Magee MS 39111

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.7	149.3
2009	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.5	148.7
2010	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149
2011	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.5	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.3	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.8	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.9	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.3	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.6	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.8	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.1	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.4	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.3	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.1	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.9	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.7	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.7	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	144.2	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.2	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.8	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.4	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.8	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	145.7	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.4	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.6	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	146.2	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.2	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.3	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	30.2%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	42.7%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.9%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.8%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.9%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	35.6%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	64.2%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.6%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.3%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.9%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	69.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.6%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85.8%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	94.6%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.5%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.6%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	80.4%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	91%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	86.6%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85.4%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	73.2%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	79.1%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	74.4%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	71.7%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	75.1%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	72.2%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	71.9%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	69.8%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	68.6%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	52.2%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	63.7%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	59.2%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	73.2%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	64.1%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	66.3%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	93.3%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	94.7%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	87%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	87.3%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	84.2%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	89%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	89.6%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	90.3%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	63.2%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	64.8%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$35,896,000	$8,454		$37,840,000	$8,960		$36,127,000	$8,567
Federal:	$6,672,000	$1,571	18.6%	$10,042,000	$2,378	26.5%	$7,928,000	$1,880	21.9%
State:	$19,359,000	$4,559	53.9%	$18,700,000	$4,428	49.4%	$19,222,000	$4,558	53.2%
Local:	$9,865,000	$2,323	27.5%	$9,098,000	$2,154	24.0%	$8,977,000	$2,129	24.8%
Total Expenditures:	$34,542,000	$8,135		$36,874,000	$8,732		$35,781,000	$8,485
Total Current Expenditures:	$32,681,000	$7,697		$32,831,000	$7,774		$32,716,000	$7,758
Instructional Expenditures:	$19,632,000	$4,624	60.1%	$19,367,000	$4,586	59.0%	$19,697,000	$4,671	60.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,973,000	$465	6.0%	$2,606,000	$617	7.9%	$2,311,000	$548	7.1%
Administration:	$4,083,000	$962	12.5%	$3,960,000	$938	12.1%	$3,987,000	$945	12.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,993,000	$1,647	21.4%	$6,898,000	$1,633	21.0%	$6,721,000	$1,594	20.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,679,000	$395		$3,839,000	$909		$2,872,000	$681
Construction:	$538,000	$127		$2,421,000	$573		$1,913,000	$454
Total Other:	$139,000	$33		$133,000	$31		$95,000	$23
Interest on Debt:	$43,000	$10		$71,000	$17		$98,000	$23

Total Salary:	$19,454,000	$4,582		$19,170,000	$4,539		$19,471,000	$4,617
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,313,000	$3,135	68.4%	$13,057,000	$3,092	68.1%	$13,420,000	$3,182	68.9%
Other Salary:	$6,141,000	$1,446	31.6%	$6,113,000	$1,448	31.9%	$6,051,000	$1,435	31.1%
Total Benefit:	$6,038,000	$1,422		$5,942,000	$1,407		$5,987,000	$1,420
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,076,000	$960	67.5%	$3,951,000	$936	66.5%	$3,999,000	$948	66.8%
Other Benefit:	$1,962,000	$462	32.5%	$1,991,000	$471	33.5%	$1,988,000	$471	33.2%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	31.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.3%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	22.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.1%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	6.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,098.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,533.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,035.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$41,750.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$50,232.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$49,379.0

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