District profile / Mississippi

Alcorn School District

Corinth, Mississippi · Public school district · #36 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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3,226

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,619

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

10.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Alcorn School District is a public school district based in Corinth, Mississippi, serving 3,226 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #36 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 68% of them. Its schools average 323 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,619 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.5 students per teacher.

How Alcorn compares

AlcornMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,619

Mississippi median $10,034 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,366

Mississippi median $5,828 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school323

Mississippi median 399 · 19% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor461

Mississippi median 382 · 21% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 51%Local 27%

Measure	Alcorn	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,619	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,366	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$36.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	307	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	506	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	461	382	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Mississippi median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Mississippi

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Itawamba CountyFulton	3,275	8	$9,035	11.4	#34
Greenville Public School DistrictGreenville	3,264	12	$10,263	13.8	#35
Alcorn School DistrictCorinth · this district	3,226	10	$9,619	10.5	#36
Canton Public SchoolsCanton	3,157	9	$9,338	14.7	#37
Pearl River County School DistrictCarriere	3,128	4	$8,552	15.6	#38

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bethel School DistrictBethel, CT	3,227	$19,904	13.1
Timberlane Regional School DistrictPlaistow, NH	3,227	$20,813	11.7
School City of East ChicagoEast Chicago, IN	3,225	$12,617	13.3
Township of Ocean School DistrictOakhurst, NJ	3,225	$26,115	9.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-alcorn-school-district