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Rowan Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
500 Martin Luther King Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone
(601) 583-0960
District
HATTIESBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST
County
FORREST COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
337
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

8

(10 is best)

Better than 72.1% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Rowan Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
56%
48%
41%
47%
71%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
58%
45%
50%
44%
66%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
40%
42%
47%
47%
33%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 5.9%
Kindergarten 74 22.0%
Grade 1 53 15.7%
Grade 2 47 13.9%
Grade 3 55 16.3%
Grade 4 35 10.4%
Grade 5 53 15.7%
Total 337 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.0% 2.7% 44.9%
Black 98.2% 89.6% 48.3%
Hispanic 1.8% 7.6% 4.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 99.9% 99.6%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 99.9% 99.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 37,727 2,940,057
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,537.9 61
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 44.8% 32.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 18.2% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.0% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,830 1,121,269
Single Parent Households With Children 12.7% 10.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.0% 86.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.9% 23.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.1% 10.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 5.5% 13.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 16.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.1% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 22.0% 16.0%
$15,000 or less 21.5% 13.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,029 $23,223,708 40.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $674 $2,596,248 4.6%
Staff $824 $3,174,048 5.6%
General Administration $348 $1,340,496 2.3%
School Administration $640 $2,465,280 4.3%
Operation $935 $3,601,620 6.3%
Transportation $391 $1,506,132 2.6%
Other $381 $1,467,612 2.6%
Total Support $4,192 $16,147,584 28.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,602 $17,726,904 31.0%
Total Expenditures $14,823 $57,098,196 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,791 $2,571,482,498 50.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $243,578,641 4.8%
Staff $462 $205,231,515 4.0%
General Administration $345 $153,073,043 3.0%
School Administration $608 $270,083,878 5.3%
Operation $1,028 $456,579,060 8.9%
Transportation $455 $201,987,912 4.0%
Other $271 $120,561,198 2.4%
Total Support $3,718 $1,651,159,564 32.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,991 $884,119,624 17.3%
Total Expenditures $11,500 $5,106,741,850 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%