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Ellisville, Mississippi - 9 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Jones Co School Dist #136 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,887 per pupil, Jones Co School Dist ranks #144 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,524
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$8,887
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jones Co School Dist operates 9 public schools serving 8,524 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined 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 Jones County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,887 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 15 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.7% local, 51.6% state, and 19.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 24/100, ranked #136 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 668.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.5% White, 19.0% African American, 13.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Jones Elementary School, with a diversity index of 68.6/100.
Its largest campus is West Jones High School, enrolling 1,587 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Glade Elementary School, at 423 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
West Jones High School accounts for 18.3% of all Jones Co School Dist student enrollment
That concentration means Jones Co 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.
Jones Co School Dist school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Jones Co School Dist school enrollment ranges from 423 students (lowest) to 1,587 students (highest), a spread of 1,164 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.
Jones Co School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.1% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Jones Co School Dist student-counselor ratio is 669:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Jones Co School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 22.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Jones Co School Dist is typically wider than the Jones Co School Dist-aggregate figure suggests.
Jones Co School Dist has 9 schools, including 9 combined. Total enrollment is 8,524 students.
How much does Jones Co School Dist spend per student?
Jones Co School Dist spends $8,887 per student. The district has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #136 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Jones Co School Dist?
Jones Co School Dist students are 62.5% White, 19.0% African American, 13.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Jones Co School Dist?
Jones Co School Dist has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #136 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.