Mississippi · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Mississippi The 50 Mississippi districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$19,599 Top per-pupil spend
$13,900 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Hollandale School Dist spends $19,599 per student, the most of any Mississippi district listed, against an average of $13,900 across the top 50.
$19,599 top spend (Hollandale School Dist)
$12,109 lowest on this list
1.6× spread across the listed districts
548 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Hollandale School Dist Hollandale 548 4 $19,599 2 Kemper Co School Dist Dekalb 884 5 $18,074 3 Moss Point Separate School Dist Moss Point 1,569 6 $17,176 4 South Delta School District Rolling Fork 604 4 $17,173 5 Leland School Dist Leland 700 4 $17,003 6 West Tallahatchie School District Sumner 513 3 $16,121 7 Attala Co School Dist Kosciusko 1,004 5 $15,811 8 Tunica County School District Tunica 1,671 7 $15,350 9 Quitman Co School Dist Marks 852 4 $15,316 10 Choctaw Co School Dist Ackerman 1,230 5 $15,188 11 Jefferson Co School Dist Fayette 1,063 6 $14,898 12 West Bolivar Cons School Dist Rosedale 938 4 $14,791 13 East Jasper Consolidated Sch Dist Heidelberg 755 3 $14,735 14 Natchez-Adams School District Natchez 2,842 8 $14,698 15 Pascagoula-Gautier School District Pascagoula 6,565 19 $14,596 16 Bay St Louis Waveland School Dist Bay St. Louis 1,672 4 $14,358 17 Perry Co School Dist New Augusta 933 6 $14,180 18 Coahoma County School District Clarksdale 988 4 $14,159 19 Amite County School District Liberty 853 4 $14,044 20 Okolona Separate School Dist Okolona 511 4 $14,008 21 Jefferson Davis Co School Dist Prentiss 1,235 5 $13,941 22 Aberdeen School Dist Aberdeen 998 3 $13,734 23 Yazoo Co School Dist Yazoo City 1,320 4 $13,663 24 North Bolivar Cons School Dist Mound Bayou 780 3 $13,472 25 Holly Springs School Dist Holly Springs 1,025 5 $13,375 26 Philadelphia Public School Dist Philadelphia 829 2 $13,374 27 Forrest County School District Hattiesburg 2,129 6 $13,333 28 Newton Municipal School District Newton 816 4 $13,262 29 Holmes County Consolidated Sd Lexington 2,544 9 $13,241 30 Mccomb School District Mccomb 2,140 8 $13,191 31 Hattiesburg Public School Dist Hattiesburg 3,667 9 $13,121 32 Sunflower Cty Cons School District Indianola 2,929 13 $13,004 33 Western Line School District Avon 1,632 4 $12,784 34 Baldwyn School District Baldwyn 756 3 $12,759 35 Claiborne Co School Dist Port Gibson 1,188 4 $12,676 36 Meridian Public Schools Meridian 4,614 11 $12,633 37 Humphreys Co School Dist Belzoni 1,207 4 $12,598 38 Pass Christian Public School Dist Pass Christian 1,944 4 $12,585 39 Benton Co School Dist Ashland 961 4 $12,576 40 Wilkinson Co School Dist Woodville 891 5 $12,466 41 Noxubee County School District Macon 1,397 4 $12,343 42 Marion Co School Dist Columbia 1,904 7 $12,259 43 Franklin Co School Dist Meadville 1,211 5 $12,246 44 Columbus Municipal School Dist Columbus 3,090 9 $12,239 45 Clarksdale Municipal School Dist Clarksdale 2,118 9 $12,180 46 Winona-Montgomery Consolidated Winona 1,144 3 $12,165 47 Jackson Public School District Jackson 18,710 54 $12,155 48 Biloxi Public School Dist Biloxi 5,812 10 $12,135 49 Vicksburg Warren School Dist Vicksburg 6,862 16 $12,112 50 East Tallahatchie Consol Sch Dist Charleston 853 4 $12,109
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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