An equity score of 69/100 ranks Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District #27 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,241 per pupil, Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District ranks #54 of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,030
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$13,241
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District operates 12 public schools serving 4,030 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 4 combined, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Leflore County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,241 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.0% local, 44.3% state, and 30.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 69/100, ranked #27 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 260.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 33.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.8% African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Leflore County High School, with a diversity index of 50.2/100.
Its largest campus is Greenwood High School, enrolling 633 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Amanda Elzy Junior High School, at 199 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Greenwood High School accounts for 15.7% of all Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District student enrollment
That concentration means Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District school enrollment ranges from 199 students (lowest) to 633 students (highest), a spread of 434 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District student-counselor ratio is 260:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District is typically wider than the Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District-aggregate figure suggests.
Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District chronic absenteeism rate is 33.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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