From the 2002-2003 School Year
 
 

NUMBER OF MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Elementary (K-8)
440
Secondary (7-12)
130
Elementary and Secondary combined (K-12)
306
Alternative
62
Vocational
88
State Special Schools
21
TOTAL
1,047
 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MISSISSIPPI

152 School Districts
Includes three agricultural high schools, 68 county units and 81 separate school districts
 

 

FALL ENROLLMENT
Kindergarten & Pre-kindergarten
40,137
Self-Contained Special Education - Elementary
6,231
Grade 1
39,590
Grade 2
38,289
Grade 3
38,552
Grade 4
39,601
Grade 5
39,449
Grade 6
39,412
Grade 7
40,552
Grade 8
37,187
Grade 9
39,060
Grade 10
33,046
Grade 11
28,510
Grade 12
25,916
Self-Contained Special Education - Secondary
5,125
Secondary GED
965
TOTAL

491,622

 

NUMBER AND AVERAGE SALARY OF INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL 
ACCORDING TO TRAINING
Certificate
Number
Percent
Average Salary
AAAA
260.27
.79
$53,964
AAA
1,244.53
3.78
$48,381
AA
13,443.25
40.83
$40,817
A
17,699.92
53.76
$32,203
Substitute & No Certificate
277.56
.84
$38,041
TOTAL
32,925.54
 
$36,553
AAAA-Doctorate
AAA-Specialist
AA-Master's
A-Bachelor's
 

AVERAGE CLASSROOM TEACHER SALARY, 2000-2003
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03*
Mississippi
$31,897
$31,954
$33,295
$35,135
Southeastern Region
$36,936
$38,295
$39,759
$40,687
*Estimates

 

PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PERCENT OF REVENUE BY SOURCE
State
Local
Federal
54.3%
30.2%
15.5%
$1,755,615,753
$974,173,671
$500,417,968
Total Revenue From All Sources: $3,230,207,393
 

CURRENT EXPENDITURE PER PUPIL IN
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE (ADA)
Average Current Expenditure Per Pupil in ADA (Mississippi)
$6,402
Average Current Expenditure Per Pupil in ADA (Southeast)
$7,258
Average Current Expenditure Per Pupil in ADA (United States)
$8,383

 

PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Diplomas
23,703
Certificate Recipients
1,381
GED Credential Recipients
432
Occupatonal Diplomas
72
Total
25,588
 
 

VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ENROLLMENT
Mississippi Tech Prep Initiative 
92,591
Secondary Non-occupational Programs 28,527
Secondary Occupational Programs 28,325
Special Post-secondary Occupational Programs 23,561
Post-secondary Occupational Programs 5,788

 

TEACHER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
Program
Number of Certificates
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
1,379*
National Certified School Counselors
232*
Certificates of Clinical Competence
(Issued by the American Speech & Hearing Association)		 434*
These amounts do not reflect the actual number of teachers who are "nationally"
certified. They represent the number who were employed by a school district
during FY03 and the district requested the supplement.

 
 

STATE BOARD MEMBERS
Rosetta Richard, Chair
Claude Hartley, Vice Chair
Kenny Bush
Sondra Parker Caillavet
Frank Melton
Lavon Fluker-Reed
Rebecca Harris
Dr. Henry L. Johnson, Executive Secretary

Statistics taken from the Mississippi Department of Education
Annual Report, Reporting School Year 2002-2003
Published January, 2004

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