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Lipsey School

Serves grades 5 - 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
412 Drury Lane
Brookhaven, MS 39601
Phone
(601) 833-6148
District
BROOKHAVEN SCHOOL DIST
County
LINCOLN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
352
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Mississippi

6

(10 is best)

Better than 50.3% of all MS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Lipsey School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

80 60 40 20 0
64%
66%
64%
62%
64%
71%
    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
12
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 161 45.7%
Grade 6 186 52.8%
Total 352 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 24.1% 30.2% 44.4%
Black 72.9% 67.7% 48.5%
Hispanic 2.1% 1.1% 5.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.7% 1.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.8%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 84.4% 78.2% 73.9%
Free lunch eligible 73.6% 68.3% 67.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.8% 9.9% 6.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,643 2,939,690
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 117.3 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.0% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.5% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.6% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,973 1,131,760
Single Parent Households With Children 7.9% 10.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 84.8% 86.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.6% 24.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.6% 11.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.2% 13.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.7% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 17.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.0% 15.3%
$15,000 or less 20.9% 13.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,225 $15,794,000 46.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $780 $1,980,000 5.8%
Staff $381 $966,000 2.8%
General Administration $486 $1,233,000 3.6%
School Administration $675 $1,712,000 5.0%
Operation $1,628 $4,131,000 12.1%
Transportation $486 $1,233,000 3.6%
Other $536 $1,359,000 4.0%
Total Support $4,972 $12,614,000 36.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,312 $5,866,000 17.1%
Total Expenditures $13,510 $34,274,000 100.0%
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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