An equity score of 45/100 ranks Joel E Smilow Collegiate #89 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,513 per pupil, Joel E Smilow Collegiate ranks #76 of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Joel E Smilow Collegiate operates 1 public schools serving 569 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Hinds County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,513 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.7% local, 39.4% state, and 31.9% 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 45/100, ranked #89 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.
and 46.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.9% African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Joel E Smilow Collegiate, enrolling 547 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Joel E Smilow Collegiate accounts for 96.1% of all Joel E Smilow Collegiate student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Joel E Smilow Collegiate a distant remainder — means Joel E Smilow Collegiate-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Joel E Smilow Collegiate 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.
Joel E Smilow Collegiate chronic absenteeism rate is 46.3% — 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.
Joel E Smilow Collegiate has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 569 students.
How much does Joel E Smilow Collegiate spend per student?
Joel E Smilow Collegiate spends $12,513 per student. The district has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #89 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Joel E Smilow Collegiate?
Joel E Smilow Collegiate students are 96.9% African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Joel E Smilow Collegiate?
Joel E Smilow Collegiate has an equity score of 45/100, ranking #89 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.