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 (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$20,206
Top per-pupil spend
$15,254
Avg across top 50
50
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Kemper Co School Dist spends $20,206 per student, the most of any Mississippi district listed, against an average of $15,254 across the top 50.

$20,206
top spend (Kemper Co School Dist)
$13,221
lowest on this list
1.5×
spread across the listed districts
884
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Kemper Co School DistDekalb$20,206
2Hollandale School DistHollandale$19,027
3West Tallahatchie School DistrictSumner$19,014
4Moss Point Separate School DistMoss Point$17,841
5Leland School DistLeland$17,804
6Amite County School DistrictLiberty$17,340
7East Jasper Consolidated Sch DistHeidelberg$16,940
8South Delta School DistrictRolling Fork$16,904
9Tunica County School DistrictTunica$16,676
10Coahoma County School DistrictClarksdale$16,320
11Bay St Louis Waveland School DistBay St. Louis$16,298
12Choctaw Co School DistAckerman$16,120
13Attala Co School DistKosciusko$15,916
14Yazoo Co School DistYazoo City$15,792
15Pascagoula-Gautier School DistrictPascagoula$15,771
16Jefferson Davis Co School DistPrentiss$15,747
17Aberdeen School DistAberdeen$15,579
18West Bolivar Cons School DistRosedale$15,499
19Perry Co School DistNew Augusta$15,310
20Okolona Separate School DistOkolona$15,278
21North Bolivar Cons School DistMound Bayou$15,277
22Mccomb School DistrictMccomb$15,268
23Humphreys Co School DistBelzoni$15,062
24Jefferson Co School DistFayette$15,061
25Holmes County Consolidated SdLexington$15,056
26Holly Springs School DistHolly Springs$14,958
27Claiborne Co School DistPort Gibson$14,923
28Natchez-Adams School DistrictNatchez$14,859
29Quitman Co School DistMarks$14,846
30Clarksdale Municipal School DistClarksdale$14,773
31Forrest County School DistrictHattiesburg$14,536
32Meridian Public SchoolsMeridian$14,308
33Hattiesburg Public School DistHattiesburg$14,215
34Sunflower Cty Cons School DistrictIndianola$14,163
35Pass Christian Public School DistPass Christian$14,145
36Reimagine PrepJackson$14,016
37Baldwyn School DistrictBaldwyn$13,962
38Western Line School DistrictAvon$13,954
39Columbus Municipal School DistColumbus$13,944
40East Tallahatchie Consol Sch DistCharleston$13,925
41Philadelphia Public School DistPhiladelphia$13,866
42Benton Co School DistAshland$13,860
43Newton Municipal School DistrictNewton$13,799
44Vicksburg Warren School DistVicksburg$13,723
45Wilkinson Co School DistWoodville$13,714
46Jackson Public School DistrictJackson$13,713
47West Point Consolidated School DistWest Point$13,657
48Noxubee County School DistrictMacon$13,260
49Greenwood-Leflore Cons Sch DistrictGreenwood$13,241
50Marion Co School DistColumbia$13,221

Methodology

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.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.