School spending per student in Mississippi, every district
Kemper Co School Dist spent $20,206 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of any Mississippi district with 500 or more students; the median Mississippi district with 1,000 or more students spent $12,203. Small rural districts and districts with many students in special programs spend more per student.
NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · current spending over fall 2022 membership · method
The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.
All 141 districts with 500 or more students, highest spending per student first
| District | County | Students, fall 2022 | Per student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemper Co School Dist | Kemper County | 884 | $20,206 |
| Hollandale School Dist | Washington County | 548 | $19,027 |
| West Tallahatchie School District | Tallahatchie County | 513 | $19,014 |
| Moss Point Separate School Dist | Jackson County | 1,569 | $17,841 |
| Leland School Dist | Washington County | 700 | $17,804 |
| Amite County School District | Amite County | 853 | $17,340 |
| East Jasper Consolidated Sch Dist | Jasper County | 755 | $16,940 |
| South Delta School District | Sharkey County | 604 | $16,904 |
| Tunica County School District | Tunica County | 1,671 | $16,676 |
| Coahoma County School District | Coahoma County | 988 | $16,320 |
| Bay St Louis Waveland School Dist | Hancock County | 1,672 | $16,298 |
| Choctaw Co School Dist | Choctaw County | 1,230 | $16,120 |
| Attala Co School Dist | Attala County | 1,004 | $15,916 |
| Yazoo Co School Dist | Yazoo County | 1,320 | $15,792 |
| Pascagoula-Gautier School District | Jackson County | 6,565 | $15,771 |
The other 126 on the list
| District | County | Students, fall 2022 | Per student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Davis Co School Dist | Jefferson Davis County | 1,235 | $15,747 |
| Aberdeen School Dist | Monroe County | 998 | $15,579 |
| West Bolivar Cons School Dist | Bolivar County | 938 | $15,499 |
| Perry Co School Dist | Perry County | 933 | $15,310 |
| Okolona Separate School Dist | Chickasaw County | 511 | $15,278 |
| North Bolivar Cons School Dist | Bolivar County | 780 | $15,277 |
| Mccomb School District | Pike County | 2,140 | $15,268 |
| Humphreys Co School Dist | Humphreys County | 1,207 | $15,062 |
| Jefferson Co School Dist | Jefferson County | 1,063 | $15,061 |
| Holmes County Consolidated SD | Holmes County | 2,544 | $15,056 |
| Holly Springs School Dist | Marshall County | 1,025 | $14,958 |
| Claiborne Co School Dist | Claiborne County | 1,188 | $14,923 |
| Natchez-Adams School District | Adams County | 2,842 | $14,859 |
| Quitman Co School Dist | Quitman County | 852 | $14,846 |
| Clarksdale Municipal School Dist | Coahoma County | 2,118 | $14,773 |
| Forrest County School District | Forrest County | 2,129 | $14,536 |
| Meridian Public Schools | Lauderdale County | 4,614 | $14,308 |
| Hattiesburg Public School Dist | Forrest County | 3,667 | $14,215 |
| Sunflower Cty Cons School District | Sunflower County | 2,929 | $14,163 |
| Pass Christian Public School Dist | Harrison County | 1,944 | $14,145 |
| Reimagine Prep | Hinds County | 514 | $14,016 |
| Baldwyn School District | Lee County | 756 | $13,962 |
| Western Line School District | Washington County | 1,632 | $13,954 |
| Columbus Municipal School Dist | Lowndes County | 3,090 | $13,944 |
| East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist | Tallahatchie County | 853 | $13,925 |
| Philadelphia Public School Dist | Neshoba County | 829 | $13,866 |
| Benton Co School Dist | Benton County | 961 | $13,860 |
| Newton Municipal School District | Newton County | 816 | $13,799 |
| Vicksburg Warren School Dist | Warren County | 6,862 | $13,723 |
| Wilkinson Co School Dist | Wilkinson County | 891 | $13,714 |
| Jackson Public School District | Hinds County | 18,710 | $13,713 |
| West Point Consolidated School Dist | Clay County | 2,609 | $13,657 |
| Noxubee County School District | Noxubee County | 1,397 | $13,260 |
| Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch District | Leflore County | 4,030 | $13,241 |
| Marion Co School Dist | Marion County | 1,904 | $13,221 |
| Biloxi Public School Dist | Harrison County | 5,812 | $13,206 |
| Kosciusko School District | Attala County | 2,123 | $13,195 |
| Calhoun Co School Dist | Calhoun County | 2,080 | $13,180 |
| Tupelo Public School Dist | Lee County | 7,132 | $13,155 |
| North Panola School District | Panola County | 1,219 | $13,138 |
| Starkville- Oktibbeha Cons Dist | Oktibbeha County | 4,894 | $13,106 |
| Winona-Montgomery Consolidated | Montgomery County | 1,144 | $13,101 |
| Franklin Co School Dist | Franklin County | 1,211 | $13,050 |
| Quitman School Dist | Clarke County | 1,593 | $13,032 |
| Carroll County School Dist | Carroll County | 805 | $12,897 |
| Picayune School District | Pearl River County | 3,431 | $12,883 |
| Greene County School District | Greene County | 1,640 | $12,818 |
| Lawrence Co School Dist | Lawrence County | 1,696 | $12,783 |
| Covington County School District | Covington County | 2,609 | $12,776 |
| Cleveland School Dist | Bolivar County | 2,818 | $12,775 |
| Walthall Co School Dist | Walthall County | 1,684 | $12,756 |
| Hazlehurst City School District | Copiah County | 1,368 | $12,649 |
| Greenville Public Schools | Washington County | 3,542 | $12,612 |
| Wayne Co School Dist | Wayne County | 2,900 | $12,582 |
| Louisville Municipal School Dist | Winston County | 2,523 | $12,515 |
| Joel E Smilow Collegiate | Hinds County | 569 | $12,513 |
| Oxford School District | Lafayette County | 4,766 | $12,453 |
| Columbia School District | Marion County | 1,646 | $12,423 |
| South Pike School Dist | Pike County | 1,557 | $12,390 |
| Canton Public School Dist | Madison County | 3,166 | $12,389 |
| Clarksdale Collegiate District | Coahoma County | 511 | $12,366 |
| Brookhaven School Dist | Lincoln County | 2,586 | $12,335 |
| Madison Co School Dist | Madison County | 13,162 | $12,248 |
| Simpson Co School Dist | Simpson County | 3,008 | $12,235 |
| Laurel School District | Jones County | 2,712 | $12,215 |
| Senatobia Municipal School Dist | Tate County | 1,666 | $12,190 |
| West Jasper Consolidated Schools | Jasper County | 1,411 | $12,184 |
| Forrest County Ag High School | Forrest County | 611 | $12,178 |
| Forest Municipal School Dist | Scott County | 1,645 | $12,170 |
| Hancock Co School Dist | Hancock County | 4,060 | $11,907 |
| Newton County School District | Newton County | 1,688 | $11,887 |
| Tishomingo Co Sp Mun Sch Dist | Tishomingo County | 2,897 | $11,853 |
| Leake Co School Dist | Leake County | 2,532 | $11,786 |
| Gulfport School Dist | Harrison County | 6,113 | $11,784 |
| South Tippah School Dist | Tippah County | 2,485 | $11,762 |
| Yazoo City Municipal School Dist | Yazoo County | 2,029 | $11,705 |
| South Panola School District | Panola County | 4,313 | $11,681 |
| Grenada School Dist | Grenada County | 3,864 | $11,666 |
| Joel E. Smillow Prep | Hinds County | 577 | $11,640 |
| Union Public School Dist | Newton County | 927 | $11,640 |
| Amory School Dist | Monroe County | 1,518 | $11,627 |
| Prentiss Co School Dist | Prentiss County | 2,278 | $11,568 |
| New Albany Public Schools | Union County | 2,114 | $11,485 |
| Hinds Co School Dist | Hinds County | 4,968 | $11,422 |
| Lee County School District | Lee County | 6,303 | $11,383 |
| Rankin Co School Dist | Rankin County | 18,720 | $11,323 |
| Harrison Co School Dist | Harrison County | 14,355 | $11,305 |
| Alcorn School Dist | Alcorn County | 3,188 | $11,280 |
| Petal School Dist | Forrest County | 4,392 | $11,258 |
| Marshall Co School Dist | Marshall County | 2,777 | $11,240 |
| North Pike School Dist | Pike County | 2,245 | $11,238 |
| Richton School Dist | Perry County | 597 | $11,235 |
| Enterprise School Dist | Clarke County | 955 | $11,213 |
| Tate Co School Dist | Tate County | 2,014 | $11,208 |
| Chickasaw Co School Dist | Chickasaw County | 2,214 | $11,195 |
| Lamar County School District | Lamar County | 10,276 | $11,188 |
| Itawamba County School Dist | Itawamba County | 3,375 | $11,183 |
| Webster Co School Dist | Webster County | 1,739 | $11,163 |
| Lafayette Co School Dist | Lafayette County | 2,872 | $11,135 |
| North Tippah School Dist | Tippah County | 1,286 | $11,112 |
| Lowndes Co School Dist | Lowndes County | 5,261 | $11,059 |
| Lauderdale Co School Dist | Lauderdale County | 5,910 | $11,039 |
| Long Beach School Dist | Harrison County | 2,929 | $11,009 |
| Nettleton School Dist | Lee County | 1,112 | $10,989 |
| Water Valley School District | Yalobusha County | 1,041 | $10,907 |
| Pontotoc City Schools | Pontotoc County | 2,302 | $10,902 |
| Jackson Co School Dist | Jackson County | 8,906 | $10,899 |
| Monroe Co School Dist | Monroe County | 2,119 | $10,849 |
| Pearl Public School District | Rankin County | 4,216 | $10,831 |
| Copiah Co School Dist | Copiah County | 2,205 | $10,780 |
| Poplarville Separate School Dist | Pearl River County | 1,909 | $10,679 |
| Smith Co School Dist | Smith County | 2,443 | $10,642 |
| Ocean Springs School Dist | Jackson County | 5,861 | $10,621 |
| Pontotoc Co School Dist | Pontotoc County | 3,466 | $10,351 |
| Corinth School Dist | Alcorn County | 2,490 | $10,337 |
| Booneville School Dist | Prentiss County | 1,321 | $10,327 |
| Union Co School Dist | Union County | 2,980 | $10,322 |
| Scott Co School Dist | Scott County | 3,989 | $10,252 |
| Stone Co School Dist | Stone County | 2,518 | $10,135 |
| Neshoba County School District | Neshoba County | 3,038 | $10,084 |
| Pearl River Co School Dist | Pearl River County | 3,284 | $10,031 |
| George Co School Dist | George County | 4,165 | $10,015 |
| Jones Co School Dist | Jones County | 8,524 | $9,972 |
| Lincoln County School District | Lincoln County | 2,795 | $9,945 |
| Clinton Public School Dist | Hinds County | 5,211 | $9,681 |
| Desoto Co School Dist | DeSoto County | 35,003 | $9,525 |
Source: NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education (TCURELSC) over fall membership (V33).
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Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District current expenditures and membership · FY 2022-23