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Holly Springs, Mississippi - 4 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Holly Springs School Dist #53 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,375 per pupil, Holly Springs School Dist ranks #29 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,025
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,375
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Holly Springs School Dist operates 4 public schools serving 1,025 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Marshall County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,375 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.6% local, 42.1% state, and 25.3% 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 58/100, ranked #53 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 255:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 48.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.4% African American, 3.3% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Holly Springs Intermediate School, with a diversity index of 21.7/100.
Its largest campus is Holly Springs Primary School, enrolling 332 students (33% of the district's total enrollment).
Holly Springs Primary School accounts for 32.4% of all Holly Springs School Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Holly Springs School Dist-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Holly Springs School Dist school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Holly Springs School Dist school enrollment ranges from 145 students (lowest) to 332 students (highest), a spread of 187 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.
Holly Springs School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Holly Springs School Dist student-counselor ratio is 255:1 — 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 Holly Springs School Dist is typically wider than the Holly Springs School Dist-aggregate figure suggests.
Holly Springs School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 48.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.