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Governor:Phil Bryant
State Superintendent of Education:Tom Burnham
Quality Counts state grade:C-
Pre-K-12 enrollment:490,526
Number of school districts:152
Number of public schools:1,083
Number of public school teachers:32,255
Unadjusted education spending per student:$8,104
Percent minority students:54.0%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:70.5%
Percent of students with disabilities:13.0%
Percent of English-language learners:1.1%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:25.1%
8th grade math:19.3%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:21.8%
8th grade reading:21.0%

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March 14, 2006 - Education Week
In the last district in Mississippi to reopen following Hurricane Katrina, educators struggle to keep school while putting their lives back together. Includes accompanying photo gallery with audio: The 'New Normal.'
February 14, 2006 - Education Week
For Mississippi school districts damaged by Hurricane Katrina, long-awaited financial help from the federal government is on the way.
February 14, 2006 - Education Week
As students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita continue returning to their home school districts in Louisiana and Mississippi, tens of thousands remain scattered elsewhere in those states, in nearby states, and across the nation.
January 31, 2006 - Education Week
The creditworthiness of several school districts in Louisiana and Mississippi has taken a hit in the aftermath of the devastation caused last August by Hurricane Katrina, according to a recent report by Moody’s Investor Service.
January 10, 2006 - Education Week
Hurricane Katrina, the disastrous storm that struck the Gulf Coast in late August, displaced an estimated 1 million people. Historians are already calling the resulting exodus of families from hard-hit communities in Louisiana and Mississippi the greatest mass migration in the United States since the Civil War.
January 10, 2006 - Education Week
They had never met back in New Orleans, but a pair of 9th graders have become inseparable since ending up in the same Maryland high school after the hurricane left them homeless.
January 10, 2006 - Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education last week sent out the first installment—more than $250 million—in education aid to states affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, just days after President Bush signed the measure into law.
January 10, 2006 - Education Week
The long-awaited federal aid for schools damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and for those that took in thousands of students displaced by the devastating storms appears to be on the way.
January 3, 2006 - Education Week
The long-awaited federal aid for schools damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita and for those that took in thousands of students displaced by the devastating storms is finally on the way.
December 23, 2005 - Education Week (Web)

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