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Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts

Serves grades PK - 6

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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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
1125 North 5th Avenue
Laurel, MS 39440
Phone
(601) 428-7446
District
LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
JONES COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
334
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.8% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Laurel Magnet School Of The Arts Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
100%
67%
100%
67%
100%
67%
    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
13
14
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 35 10.5%
Kindergarten 44 13.2%
Grade 1 42 12.6%
Grade 2 39 11.7%
Grade 3 46 13.8%
Grade 4 45 13.5%
Grade 5 45 13.5%
Grade 6 38 11.4%
Total 334 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 6.0% 2.1% 44.4%
Black 90.8% 84.7% 48.5%
Hispanic 2.8% 13.0% 5.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.1% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 100.0% 100.0% 73.9%
Free lunch eligible 100.0% 100.0% 67.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 6.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 16,534 2,939,690
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,131.1 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.3% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.3% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.9% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.2% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 15.3% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,342 1,131,760
Single Parent Households With Children 15.9% 10.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.5% 86.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.3% 24.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.0% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.2% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.5% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.3% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 17.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 22.0% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 22.5% 13.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,878 $15,564,000 41.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $532 $1,409,000 3.8%
Staff $533 $1,412,000 3.8%
General Administration $476 $1,260,000 3.4%
School Administration $692 $1,833,000 4.9%
Operation $1,616 $4,279,000 11.4%
Transportation $195 $516,000 1.4%
Other $495 $1,312,000 3.5%
Total Support $4,540 $12,021,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,737 $9,896,000 26.4%
Total Expenditures $14,154 $37,481,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,259 $2,744,497,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $631 $276,759,000 5.0%
Staff $536 $235,007,000 4.3%
General Administration $374 $164,183,000 3.0%
School Administration $636 $278,872,000 5.1%
Operation $1,134 $497,098,000 9.0%
Transportation $515 $226,042,000 4.1%
Other $354 $155,392,000 2.8%
Total Support $4,181 $1,833,353,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,150 $942,667,000 17.1%
Total Expenditures $12,589 $5,520,517,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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