The Stone County School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Wiggins

Wiggins, Mississippi

Wiggins is a city in Stone County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,849 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Stone County.-History:...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 (USA

United States

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). The district's boundaries parallel that of Stone County

Stone County, Mississippi

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,622 people, 4,747 households, and 3,626 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 5,343 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile...

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Schools

• Stone High School
• Stone Middle School
• Stone Elementary School
• Perkinston Elementary School

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 2,803 students enrolled in the Stone County School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 49% female and 51% male. The racial makeup of the district was 24.40% African American, 74.56% White, 0.39% Hispanic, 0.43% Asian, and 0.21% Native American. 43.6% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	2,748	49%	51%	0.29%	24.27%	0.29%	0.22%	74.93%
2004-05	2,639	50%	50%	0.45%	24.86%	0.30%	0.23%	74.16%
2003-04	2,638	49%	51%	0.27%	24.41%	0.19%	0.15%	74.98%
2002-03	2,626	49%	51%	0.15%	25.02%	0.23%	0.08%	74.52%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	0	1	0	1
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	1	1	3	2	1	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	3	1	1	3	3
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0