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Stone County School District

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Stone County School District is located in south Mississippi. Stone County School District has 445.48 square miles of land area and 2.59 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Stone County School District population is 17,941. Stone County School District median household income is $45,141 in 2010-2014. Stone County School District median house value is $107,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Stone County School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(37 out of 148, top 25%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	17,941 (2010-2014), rank #55
Population Growth	14.03% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	40.04/sq mi, rank #88
Median Household Income:	$45,141 at 2010-2014—3.72% increase since 2005-2009, rank #19
Median House Price:	$107,400 at 2010-2014—11.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #27
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	445.48 sq mi, rank #44
Water Area:	2.59 sq mi (0.58%), rank #67
State:	Mississippi
County:	Stone County
City:	Perkinston, Wiggins, Mc Henry, Saucier, Lumberton
Zip:	39573, 39577, 39561, 39574, 39455
Area:	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

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Stone County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

214 Critz St

Wiggins MS, 39577, Stone County

Phone: 601-928-7247

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,709	2,739	2,746	2,819	2,891	2,805	2,891
English Language Learner Students:	0	15	16	13	16	7	3
Total Teachers:	178.00	175.86	185.74	194.52	202.60	190.80	179.70
Prekindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	9.17	10.34	11.50	10.17	11.41	13.40	13.00
Elementary:	81.63	81.60	85.88	88.59	91.12	86.40	71.50
Secondary:	61.82	58.88	60.29	67.29	70.30	64.50	70.00
Ungraded:	24.38	24.04	27.07	27.47	28.77	25.50	24.20
Total Other Staff:	209.42	209.69	229.53	223.38	225.14	233.70	217.40
Instructional Aides:	49.36	53.02	56.49	58.86	60.40	62.80	58.60
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	5.29	5.23	4.41	3.71	4.30	4.60	4.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.81	5.00	6.00	6.00	7.34	13.80	5.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.91	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.90	2.90
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.90	2.00	4.00	4.00	5.34	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	6.90	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.87	4.92	5.00	5.00	4.50	4.80	5.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	6.71	4.77	5.41	5.52	6.91	6.40	6.80
District Administrative Support:	11.00	12.18	11.61	12.45	12.45	12.00	11.80
School Administrators:	10.84	9.85	10.62	11.89	12.31	10.60	10.00
School Administrative Support:	16.03	16.87	18.20	19.42	18.40	19.70	15.40
Student Support Services:	13.34	15.41	17.18	15.43	11.25	10.80	13.10
Other Support Services:	87.17	82.44	94.61	85.10	87.28	88.20	86.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.22	15.57	14.78	14.49	14.27	14.70	16.09

Schools

Perkinston	Kindergarten to Grade 5	40 Second St, Perkinston MS 39573
Stone Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1652 East Central Ave, Wiggins MS 39577
Stone High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	400 East Border Ave, Wiggins MS 39577
Stone Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	532 East Central Ave, Wiggins MS 39577

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MCT2 Test
2008	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.4	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	153.2	149.8
2012	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	150.2
2013	Language Arts	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.2	151
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	150.6
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	151
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	152.1
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	153.3
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157.1	154.1
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.4	154.2
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	148.8
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.5	149.2
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.8	149.5
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	149.6
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	151
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.3	151.8
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.6	150.5
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	151.1
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	151.5
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	151.7
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.4	152.8
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	157	154.1
2008	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	148.5
2009	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.1	148.7
2010	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	148.8
2011	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	148.9
2012	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.4	149.9
2013	Language Arts	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.6	150.8
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.1	149.8
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	150.2
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.5	151.3
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.9	151.4
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.9	152.3
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.2
2008	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.6	147.6
2009	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	148.8
2010	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.2	149.4
2011	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.8	149.8
2012	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.1	150.3
2013	Language Arts	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.5	150.7
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.7	149.3
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.9	149.9
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	150.5
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.5	150.6
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.7	151.3
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	152.4
2008	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	147.1	147
2009	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149	147.8
2010	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.7
2011	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153.2	149.9
2012	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	150.7
2013	Language Arts	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156.2	151.4
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	148.7
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.2	150.1
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151.9	151.1
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152	152.1
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.4	152.3
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	153.1
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	148.9	146.6
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.6	147.8
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	149.6	147.8
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	150.9	149.1
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	153	149.9
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.5	150
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	151	148.3
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.3	149.6
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	152.2	151.5
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	154.8	153.2
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	155.2	153.7
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	156	154.6
MST Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.4%	40.8%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	47.7%	42.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.5%	44.9%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	53.6%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.1%	63.1%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	44.5%	39.3%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	40%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.8%	42.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69.1%	56.4%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.0%	64.0%
SATP2 Test
2004	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89.9%	90.7%
2005	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.4%	91.6%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.5%	91%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	95%	90.8%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72.2%	71%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79.9%	72%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.1%	79.6%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.4%	85.4%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	84.3%	81.9%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78%	85.2%
2004	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.4%	89.2%
2005	Biology I	End of course	% met std	93.5%	91.8%
2006	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92%	93.3%
2007	Biology I	End of course	% met std	92.3%	92.2%
2008	Biology I	End of course	% met std	90.4%	87.9%
2009	Biology I	End of course	% met std	87.3%	87.6%
2010	Biology I	End of course	% met std	85%	86.2%
2012	Biology I	End of course	% met std	77.1%	74.7%
2013	Biology I	End of course	% met std	75.8%	78.5%
2004	English II	End of course	% met std	80.9%	83.1%
2005	English II	End of course	% met std	84%	82.8%
2006	English II	End of course	% met std	76.8%	78.1%
2007	English II	End of course	% met std	78.2%	77.2%
2008	English II	End of course	% met std	73.5%	69.7%
2009	English II	End of course	% met std	69.2%	69%
2010	English II	End of course	% met std	70.9%	68%
2011	English II	End of course	% met std	77.2%	71.8%
2012	English II	End of course	% met std	74.5%	73.1%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	79.8%	73%
2004	US History	End of course	% met std	96%	95.7%
2005	US History	End of course	% met std	98.6%	96.4%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	97.9%	95.9%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	97.3%	93.9%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	97.4%	94.3%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	99.4%	96.9%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	97.6%	93%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	98.2%	93%
2012	US History	End of course	% met std	88.8%	72.9%
2013	US History	End of course	% met std	90.6%	81.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$22,969,000	$8,365		$22,649,000	$8,034		$23,004,000	$7,957
Federal:	$3,694,000	$1,345	16.1%	$4,334,000	$1,537	19.1%	$4,791,000	$1,657	20.8%
State:	$12,747,000	$4,642	55.5%	$12,366,000	$4,387	54.6%	$12,107,000	$4,188	52.6%
Local:	$6,528,000	$2,377	28.4%	$5,949,000	$2,110	26.3%	$6,106,000	$2,112	26.5%
Total Expenditures:	$21,867,000	$7,963		$22,679,000	$8,045		$24,089,000	$8,332
Total Current Expenditures:	$21,394,000	$7,791		$22,156,000	$7,860		$23,398,000	$8,093
Instructional Expenditures:	$12,712,000	$4,629	59.4%	$13,187,000	$4,678	59.5%	$13,728,000	$4,749	58.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,246,000	$818	10.5%	$2,452,000	$870	11.1%	$3,035,000	$1,050	13.0%
Administration:	$2,113,000	$769	9.9%	$2,151,000	$763	9.7%	$2,126,000	$735	9.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,323,000	$1,574	20.2%	$4,366,000	$1,549	19.7%	$4,509,000	$1,560	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$370,000	$135		$418,000	$148		$483,000	$167
Construction:	$19,000	$7		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$45,000	$16		$33,000	$12		$123,000	$43
Interest on Debt:	$58,000	$21		$72,000	$26		$85,000	$29

Total Salary:	$13,446,000	$4,897		$14,045,000	$4,982		$14,200,000	$4,912
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$8,949,000	$3,259	66.6%	$9,275,000	$3,290	66.0%	$9,519,000	$3,293	67.0%
Other Salary:	$4,497,000	$1,638	33.4%	$4,770,000	$1,692	34.0%	$4,681,000	$1,619	33.0%
Total Benefit:	$4,241,000	$1,544		$4,371,000	$1,551		$4,559,000	$1,577
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,669,000	$972	62.9%	$2,782,000	$987	63.6%	$2,938,000	$1,016	64.4%
Other Benefit:	$1,572,000	$572	37.1%	$1,589,000	$564	36.4%	$1,621,000	$561	35.6%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	39.3%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	15.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	25.5%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	16.6%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	3.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,942.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,880.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$36,661.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,122.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$49,051.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$46,020.0

* Stone 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.