Poplarville Separate School Dist

Public school district · Pearl River County · Mississippi · NCES district ID 2803720

Poplarville Separate School Dist spent $10,679 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 86% of the other Mississippi districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $12,203). Its 4 schools enrolled 1,969 students in 2024-25; 51.8% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $10,819 per student, up 1.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% or more (Mississippi: 89.4%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Mississippi districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Poplarville Separate School Dist in enrollment (1,739 to 2,119 students) and Poplarville Separate School Dist itself.

Current spending per student, Mississippi districts closest in size to Poplarville Separate School Dist, FY23Clarksdale Municipal $14,773; Pass Christian Public School Dist $14,145; Marion Co School Dist $13,221; Calhoun Co School Dist $13,180; Yazoo City Municipal School Dist $11,705; New Albany Public Schools $11,485; Tate County Schools $11,208; Webster Co School Dist $11,163; Monroe Co School Dist $10,849; Poplarville Separate School Dist $10,679; State median, 1,000+ students $12,203.8k10k12k14k16kClarksdale Municipal$14,773Pass Christian Public School D…$14,145Marion Co School Dist$13,221Calhoun Co School Dist$13,180Yazoo City Municipal School Di…$11,705New Albany Public Schools$11,485Tate County Schools$11,208Webster Co School Dist$11,163Monroe Co School Dist$10,849Poplarville Separate School Di…$10,679State median, 1,000+ students $12,203
Current spending per student, Mississippi districts closest in size to Poplarville Separate School Dist, FY23Clarksdale Municipal $14,773; Pass Christian Public School Dist $14,145; Marion Co School Dist $13,221; Calhoun Co School Dist $13,180; Yazoo City Municipal School Dist $11,705; New Albany Public Schools $11,485; Tate County Schools $11,208; Webster Co School Dist $11,163; Monroe Co School Dist $10,849; Poplarville Separate School Dist $10,679; State median, 1,000+ students $12,203.8k10k12k14k16kClarksdale Municipal$14,773Pass Christian Public School Dist$14,145Marion Co School Dist$13,221Calhoun Co School Dist$13,180Yazoo City Municipal School Dist$11,705New Albany Public Schools$11,485Tate County Schools$11,208Webster Co School Dist$11,163Monroe Co School Dist$10,849Poplarville Separate School Dist$10,679State median, 1,000+ students $12,203
Current spending per student, Mississippi districts closest in size to Poplarville Separate School Dist, FY23Clarksdale Municipal $14,773; Pass Christian Public School Dist $14,145; Marion Co School Dist $13,221; Calhoun Co School Dist $13,180; Yazoo City Municipal School Dist $11,705; New Albany Public Schools $11,485; Tate County Schools $11,208; Webster Co School Dist $11,163; Monroe Co School Dist $10,849; Poplarville Separate School Dist $10,679; State median, 1,000+ students $12,203.8k12k16kClarksdale Municipal$14,773Pass Christian Public School Dist$14,145Marion Co School Dist$13,221Calhoun Co School Dist$13,180Yazoo City Municipal School Dist$11,705New Albany Public Schools$11,485Tate County Schools$11,208Webster Co School Dist$11,163Monroe Co School Dist$10,849Poplarville Separate School Dist$10,679State median, 1,000+ students $12,203
Current spending per student, Mississippi districts closest in size to Poplarville Separate School Dist, FY23Clarksdale Municipal $14,773; Pass Christian Public School Dist $14,145; Marion Co School Dist $13,221; Calhoun Co School Dist $13,180; Yazoo City Municipal School Dist $11,705; New Albany Public Schools $11,485; Tate County Schools $11,208; Webster Co School Dist $11,163; Monroe Co School Dist $10,849; Poplarville Separate School Dist $10,679; State median, 1,000+ students $12,203.8k12k16kClarksdale Municipal$14,773Pass Christian Public School Dist$14,145Marion Co School Dist$13,221Calhoun Co School Dist$13,180Yazoo City Municipal School Dist$11,705New Albany Public Schools$11,485Tate County Schools$11,208Webster Co School Dist$11,163Monroe Co School Dist$10,849Poplarville Separate School Dist$10,679State median, 1,000+ students $12,203

Where the money came from

$23,207,000 in revenue: 51.8% state, 32.8% local and 15.5% federal. Total spending including $4,088,000 of capital outlay was $24,612,000, or $12,893 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Poplarville Separate School Dist revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $12,015,000; Local $7,606,000; Federal $3,586,000; total $23,207,000.
  • State$12,015,000 52%
  • Local$7,606,000 33%
  • Federal$3,586,000 15%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 112 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,909 students in 2022-23, 1,923 students in 2023-24, 1,969 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Poplarville Separate School Dist enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,909, 2023-24: 1,923, 2024-25: 1,96905001k1.5k2k2022-231,9092023-241,9232024-251,969
Poplarville Separate School Dist enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,909, 2023-24: 1,923, 2024-25: 1,96905001k1.5k2k2022-231,9092023-241,9232024-251,969
Poplarville Separate School Dist enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,909, 2023-24: 1,923, 2024-25: 1,96905001k1.5k2k2022-231,9092023-241,9232024-251,969
Poplarville Separate School Dist enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,909, 2023-24: 1,923, 2024-25: 1,96905001k1.5k2k2022-231,9092023-241,9232024-251,969

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,909134.314.2
2023-241,923132.314.5
2024-251,969136.014.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$7,245,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,795 per student

Poplarville Separate School Dist booked $7,245,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 141 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $51,430 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 56 in 100 Mississippi districts with a figure (state median $51,076, 146 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Mississippi teacher salary at $47,162 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$5,579,00077.0%
Special education$1,062,00014.7%
Vocational$392,0005.4%
Other programs$212,0002.9%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,452 in 2018-19, $3,655 in 2019-20, $3,875 in 2020-21, $3,643 in 2021-22, $3,795 in 2022-23.

Poplarville Separate School Dist teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,452, 2019-20: $3,655, 2020-21: $3,875, 2021-22: $3,643, 2022-23: $3,79501k2k3k4k2018-19$3,4522019-20$3,6552020-21$3,8752021-22$3,6432022-23$3,795
Poplarville Separate School Dist teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,452, 2019-20: $3,655, 2020-21: $3,875, 2021-22: $3,643, 2022-23: $3,79501k2k3k4k2018-19$3,4522019-20$3,6552020-21$3,8752021-22$3,6432022-23$3,795
Poplarville Separate School Dist teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,452, 2019-20: $3,655, 2020-21: $3,875, 2021-22: $3,643, 2022-23: $3,79501k2k3k4k2018-19$3,4522019-20$3,6552020-21$3,8752021-22$3,6432022-23$3,795
Poplarville Separate School Dist teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,452, 2019-20: $3,655, 2020-21: $3,875, 2021-22: $3,643, 2022-23: $3,79501k2k3k4k2018-19$3,4522019-20$3,6552020-21$3,8752021-22$3,6432022-23$3,795

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Poplarville Separate School Dist scored proficient or above: 47% in reading and 49% in math, against 41.7% in reading and 47% in math across Mississippi. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Mississippi, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtMississippiStudents tested
Reading and language arts47%41.7%976
Math49%47%997

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

95% or more of the 130 students in Poplarville Separate School Dist's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.4% across Mississippi. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtMississippi
Four-year graduation rate95% or more89.4%
Students in the class13031,998

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 953 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Poplarville Lower Elementary School52116.947.8%Schoolwide program
Poplarville Upper Elementary School43214.949.8%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 476 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Middle School of Poplarville47614.645.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 540 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Poplarville Jr Sr High School54012.439.8%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Poplarville Separate School Dist

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Poplarville Separate School Dist

  1. Mississippi districts by spending per studentPoplarville Separate School Dist ranks 97 of 112 Mississippi districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($10,679).#97 of 112
  2. Every school district in MississippiPoplarville Separate School Dist is the number 78 by size of 152 Mississippi districts, with 1,909 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#78 of 152
  3. Pass Christian Public School DistThe next larger Mississippi district: 1,944 students in fall 2022, $14,145 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,145
  4. Marion Co School DistThe next smaller Mississippi district: 1,904 students in fall 2022, $13,221 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,221
  5. Compare Poplarville Separate School Dist with Pass Christian Public School DistEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Poplarville Jr Sr High School, its largest high school540 students in 2024-25, 12.4 per teacher.540
  7. Teacher salary spending across MississippiPoplarville Separate School Dist spent $51,430 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $51,076); spending, not a salary.$51,430
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Poplarville Separate School Dist

  1. How many schools and students are in Poplarville Separate School Dist?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 1,969 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Poplarville Separate School Dist spend per student?
    $10,679 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Mississippi median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,203 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $10,819 per student, up 1.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Poplarville Separate School Dist's money come from?
    $23,207,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 51.8% state, 32.8% local and 15.5% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Poplarville Separate School Dist live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 420 of the 2,211 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 19.0%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Poplarville Separate School Dist spend on teacher salaries?
    $7,245,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,795 per student. Divided by the 141 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $51,430 per teacher, more than 56 in 100 Mississippi districts (state median $51,076). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Mississippi teacher salary at $47,162 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Poplarville Separate School Dist do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Poplarville Separate School Dist scored proficient or above: 47% in reading and 49% in math, against 41.7% in reading and 47% in math across Mississippi. Mississippi's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Poplarville Separate School Dist?
    95% or more of the 130 students in Poplarville Separate School Dist's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.4% across Mississippi. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Poplarville Separate School Dist's NCES district ID?
    2803720. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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