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Educational Rating: (100 is Best)

Mississippi Public Schools

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POPULATION
2,844,658

Mississippi Public Schools

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 494,954
NUMBER OF Mississippi SCHOOLS 1,056
NUMBER OF Mississippi SCHOOL DISTRICTS 163
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($) 7,718
State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Reading Proficiency 84.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency 90.0
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency 86.0
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency 75.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency 58.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency 52.0
MATH TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Math Proficiency 91.0
Grade 4 Math Proficiency 81.0
Grade 5 Math Proficiency 72.0
Grade 6 Math Proficiency 70.0
Grade 7 Math Proficiency 63.0
Grade 8 Math Proficiency 54.0
School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 46.5 57.0
BLACK (%) 51.2 17.2
HISPANIC (%) 1.4 19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 0.8 4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.2 1.2
SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 69.5 41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%) 0.7 7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%) 13.8 12.2

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

15.74
15.62
AVG FOR STATE
AVG FOR NATION
Mississippi Educational Environment
POPULATION STATE NATION
POPULATION 2,939,472 299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 62 84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE STATE NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.3% 6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.4% 36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.1% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.5% 12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS STATE NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 1,150,132 112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 17.2% 11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 79.2% 85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 19.7% 28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION STATE NATION
$150,000 or more 3.0% 6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 6.1% 10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.6% 11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.2% 21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.4% 16.7%
$15,000 or less 22.2% 13.8%
Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,239 $2,098,152,631 54.9
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $324 $160,537,083 4.2
STAFF $341 $168,933,557 4.4
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $208 $102,737,040 2.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $395 $195,396,181 5.1
OPERATION $792 $392,180,297 10.3
TRANSPORTATION $317 $156,812,335 4.1
OTHER $143 $70,560,691 1.8
TOTAL SUPPORT $2,520 $1,247,157,184 32.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $959 $474,661,480 12.4
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $7,718 $3,819,971,295 100.0
FOR THE NATION PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,582 $274,180,000,000 53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $475 $23,356,970,935 4.5
STAFF $446 $21,924,659,888 4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $181 $8,920,041,056 1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $514 $25,277,042,259 4.9
OPERATION $902 $44,320,216,892 8.6
TRANSPORTATION $384 $18,864,068,868 3.7
OTHER $294 $14,465,936,592 2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,199 $157,129,000,000 30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,687 $82,900,118,526 16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,469 $514,209,000,000 100.0

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Abbeville, AL (Shorterville/Union)