Lamar County School District
Public school district based in Purvis, Mississippi. NCES district ID 2802400; state ID MS-3700.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
17
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
10,318
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
773.0
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
13.3
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 339 | |
| Kindergarten | 766 | |
| Grade 1 | 811 | |
| Grade 2 | 762 | |
| Grade 3 | 733 | |
| Grade 4 | 745 | |
| Grade 5 | 741 | |
| Grade 6 | 715 | |
| Grade 7 | 796 | |
| Grade 8 | 748 | |
| Grade 9 | 828 | |
| Grade 10 | 791 | |
| Grade 11 | 839 | |
| Grade 12 | 694 | |
| Grade 13 | 9 | |
| Ungraded | 1 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 1.6% | |
| Black or African American | 29.6% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.7% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 4.6% | |
| White | 57.5% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.1% | |
| Male | 50.9% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 4, Rural 13.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove High School Hattiesburg | 9–13 | Regular | 1,750 | 122.1 | 14.3 | Suburb: Small |
| Oak Grove Middle School Hattiesburg | 6–8 | Regular | 1,160 | 89.4 | 13 | Suburb: Small |
| Bellevue Elementary Hattiesburg | PK–5 | Regular | 1,145 | 82.7 | 13.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Sumrall Elementary School Sumrall | PK–5 | Regular | 960 | 64.0 | 15 | Rural: Distant |
| Longleaf Elementary Hattiesburg | PK–5 | Regular | 787 | 54.8 | 14.4 | Suburb: Small |
| Oak Grove Elementary Hattiesburg | PK–5 | Regular | 758 | 58.2 | 13 | Suburb: Small |
| Sumrall High School Sumrall | 9–13 | Regular | 616 | 47.3 | 13 | Rural: Distant |
| Purvis High School Purvis | 9–13 | Regular | 614 | 48.9 | 12.6 | Rural: Distant |
| Sumrall Middle School Sumrall | 6–8 | Regular | 484 | 34.8 | 13.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Purvis Lower Elementary Purvis | PK–2 | Regular | 448 | 29.8 | 15 | Rural: Distant |
| Purvis Middle School Purvis | 6–8 | Regular | 447 | 30.9 | 14.5 | Rural: Distant |
| Purvis Upper Elementary Purvis | 3–5 | Regular | 377 | 28.8 | 13.1 | Rural: Distant |
| Lumberton Elementary School Lumberton | PK–6 | Regular | 287 | 25.4 | 11.3 | Rural: Distant |
| Lumberton High School Lumberton | 7–12 | Regular | 268 | 32.9 | 8.2 | Rural: Distant |
| Baxterville School Lumberton | PK–8 | Regular | 217 | 23.1 | 9.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Jefferson/Todd Alternative Program Purvis | 5–12 | Alternative | 0 | 0.0 | — | Rural: Distant |
| Lamar Co Voc Tech Center Purvis | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 0 | 0.0 | — | Rural: Distant |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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