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WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL

254 Springhill Road, Laurel, MS 39443 | (601) 729-8144 | School Website | High School

1,324 Students | 87 Teachers

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School Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in schools across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

2.1x

White students are 2.1 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Native American or Alaska Native students are 11.9 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as White students.

Discipline

5.2x

students of Two or More Races are 5.2 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Black students are 4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 2.4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

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Opportunity

Schools offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students at this school.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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Students

34% Nonwhite Students

62% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

80% - 84% High School Graduation Rate

6% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

77 students

7% Students Taking an AP Course

92 students

13% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

175 students

1% Students Enrolled in Physics

17 students

7% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

96 students

14% Students Enrolled in Geometry

181 students

38% Students Enrolled in Biology

505 students

9% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

119 students

< 1% Students Enrolled in Calculus

10 students

Teachers & Resources

15.2 Students for Every Teacher

1% Inexperienced Teachers

15% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

8 Total AP Courses

3 Social Workers, Psychologists & School Counselors

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The students at this school have access to:

Credit Recovery Program

Dual Enrollment Program

Gifted & Talented Program

... but do not have access to:

International Baccalaureate

Discipline

Schools differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this school punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

Expulsion Composition

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Students

137 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

10% of all students at this school

220 Total In-School Suspended Students

17% of all students at this school

23 Total Expelled Students

2% of all students at this school

49 Total Number of Students Who Received Corporal Punishment

Outcomes & Resources

456 Total Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension

Not Available Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0 Total Arrests

23 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

21 Total Transfers to Alternative Schools

1 Total Security Guards & Law Enforcement Officers

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Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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