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Mississippi school board elections, 2014

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A total of five Mississippi school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for five seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Mississippi's school board elections in 2014:

  • An average of 1.80 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Mississippi’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was lower than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
  • 20 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.

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  • 80 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 60 percent of the total seats up for election.
  • Two newcomers were elected to school boards in Mississippi. They took 40 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
  • The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was DeSoto County School District with 31,916 K-12 students.
  • The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Lamar County School District with 9,251 K-12 students.

The districts listed below served 85,743 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[1] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Mississippi School Board Elections
District Date Seats up for election Total board seats Student enrollment
DeSoto County School District 11/4/2014 1 5 31,916
Harrison County School District 11/4/2014 1 5 13,828
Lamar County School District 11/4/2014 1 5 9,251
Madison County School District 11/4/2014 1 5 11,811
Rankin County School District 11/4/2014 1 5 18,937

State profile

Demographic data for Mississippi
 MississippiU.S.
Total population:2,989,390316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):46,9233,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:59.2%73.6%
Black/African American:37.4%12.6%
Asian:1%5.1%
Native American:0.4%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:1.2%3%
Hispanic/Latino:2.9%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:82.3%86.7%
College graduation rate:20.7%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$39,665$53,889
Persons below poverty level:27%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Mississippi.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Mississippi

Mississippi voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Mississippi, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.[2]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Mississippi had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.

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Academic performance

See also: Public education in Mississippi
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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Alabama, Arkansas, and Louisiana), Mississippi has the smallest share of fourth and eighth grade students who scored at or above proficient in reading and math during the 2012-2013 school year.[3]

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
Math - Grade 4 Math - Grade 8 Reading - Grade 4 Reading - Grade 8
Mississippi 26% 21% 21% 20%
Alabama 38% 20% 31% 25%
Arkansas 39% 28% 32% 30%
Louisiana 26% 21% 23% 24%
U.S. average 41% 34% 34% 34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the U.S.

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Mississippi and surrounding states for 2012 and 2013.[3][4][5]

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores*
State Graduation rate, 2012 Average ACT composite, 2012 Average SAT composite, 2013
Percent Quintile ranking** Score Participation rate Score Participation rate
Mississippi 75% Fourth 18.7 100% 1,673 3%
Alabama 75% Fourth 20.3 86% 1,608 7%
Arkansas 84% Second 20.3 88% 1,697 4%
Louisiana 72% Fourth 20.3 100% 1,655 5%
U.S. average 80% 21.1 1,498
*Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation).
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally.
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Mississippi was lower than the national average at 3.2 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 3.2 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[6]

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