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Lexington, Mississippi - 7 schools
An equity score of 81/100 ranks Holmes County Consolidated Sd #7 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, Holmes County Consolidated Sd ranks #33 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,544
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,241
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Holmes County Consolidated Sd operates 7 public schools serving 2,544 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 middle, 1 high 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 Holmes County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,241 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 16.8% local, 36.7% state, and 46.5% 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 81/100, ranked #7 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 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 268.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 54.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.7% African American, 0.5% White, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Goodman Pickens Elementary School, with a diversity index of 8.2/100.
Holmes County Central High School accounts for 28.1% of all Holmes County Consolidated Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Holmes County Consolidated Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Holmes County Consolidated Sd school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Holmes County Consolidated Sd school enrollment ranges from 191 students (lowest) to 714 students (highest), a spread of 523 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.
Holmes County Consolidated Sd 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.
Holmes County Consolidated Sd student-counselor ratio is 268:1 — 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 Holmes County Consolidated Sd is typically wider than the Holmes County Consolidated Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Holmes County Consolidated Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 54.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Holmes County Consolidated Sd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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