An equity score of 83/100 ranks Holmes County Consolidated Sd #5 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,056 per pupil, Holmes County Consolidated Sd ranks #30 of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,544
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$15,056
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 $15,056 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 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 83/100, ranked #5 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 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.
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 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.
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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