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Mississippi school systems.
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155school systems
1,004operating schools connected
432,375students in finance records
136complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?
Mississippi school finance after inflation.
Follow a consistent set of 136 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.
School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.
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155 systems
Schools + finance trendsMS
DeSoto County School District
Hernando, MS
- Students
- 34,819
- Schools
- 42
- Spending / pupil
- $9,732
+3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.2% enrollment
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Rankin County School District
Brandon, MS
- Students
- 18,485
- Schools
- 28
- Spending / pupil
- $11,987
+8.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.8% enrollment
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Jackson Public Schools
Jackson, MS
- Students
- 17,747
- Schools
- 41
- Spending / pupil
- $14,753
+21.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -25.9% enrollment
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Harrison County School District
GULFPORT, MS
- Students
- 14,299
- Schools
- 24
- Spending / pupil
- $11,426
+8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.7% enrollment
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Madison County Schools
Ridgeland, MS
- Students
- 12,971
- Schools
- 23
- Spending / pupil
- $12,712
+7.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.5% enrollment
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Lamar County School District
Purvis, MS
- Students
- 10,498
- Schools
- 17
- Spending / pupil
- $10,838
+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment
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Jackson County School District
Vancleave, MS
- Students
- 8,936
- Schools
- 14
- Spending / pupil
- $10,661
+3.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.0% enrollment
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Jones County School District
Ellisville, MS
- Students
- 8,581
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $10,265
+8.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.4% enrollment
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Tupelo Public School District
Tupelo, MS
- Students
- 7,134
- Schools
- 14
- Spending / pupil
- $12,743
+3.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment
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Vicksburg Warren School District
VICKSBURG, MS
- Students
- 6,844
- Schools
- 15
- Spending / pupil
- $13,236
+5.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.0% enrollment
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Pascagoula-Gautier School District
Pascagoula, MS
- Students
- 6,501
- Schools
- 19
- Spending / pupil
- $15,943
+3.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment
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Lee County
Tupelo, MS
- Students
- 6,296
- Schools
- 15
- Spending / pupil
- $11,326
+7.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.8% enrollment
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Gulfport School District
Gulfport, MS
- Students
- 6,084
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $12,235
+10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.2% enrollment
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Lauderdale County School District
Meridian, MS
- Students
- 5,951
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $11,068
+2.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment
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Ocean Springs School District
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS
- Students
- 5,808
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $10,831
+6.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment
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Biloxi Public School District
Biloxi, MS
- Students
- 5,764
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $13,070
+9.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment
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Lowndes County School District
COLUMBUS, MS
- Students
- 5,360
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $11,573
+1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.7% enrollment
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Clinton Public School District
Clinton, MS
- Students
- 5,187
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $10,116
+5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment
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Hinds County School District
RAYMOND, MS
- Students
- 4,972
- Schools
- 10
- Spending / pupil
- $11,511
-3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.5% enrollment
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Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District
Starkville, MS
- Students
- 4,882
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $13,397
+9.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment
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Oxford School District
OXFORD, MS
- Students
- 4,790
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $12,495
+1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.8% enrollment
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Meridian Public Schools
Meridian, MS
- Students
- 4,499
- Schools
- 11
- Spending / pupil
- $14,452
+10.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.0% enrollment
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Petal School District
PETAL, MS
- Students
- 4,400
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $11,074
+3.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.4% enrollment
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South Panola School District
Batesville, MS
- Students
- 4,255
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $12,044
+6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment
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Pearl Public Schools
PEARL, MS
- Students
- 4,190
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $10,941
+3.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.6% enrollment
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George County School District
LUCEDALE, MS
- Students
- 4,105
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $10,430
+3.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.3% enrollment
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Scott County School District
Forest, MS
- Students
- 4,015
- Schools
- 9
- Spending / pupil
- $10,582
+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.0% enrollment
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Hancock School District
Kiln, MS
- Students
- 4,011
- Schools
- 7
- Spending / pupil
- $12,161
+16.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.2% enrollment
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Grenada School District
GRENADA, MS
- Students
- 3,851
- Schools
- 5
- Spending / pupil
- $11,627
+6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment
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Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District
GREENWOOD, MS
- Students
- 3,849
- Schools
- 15
- Spending / pupil
- $12,654
Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.