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Amory School District

Amory, Mississippi · Public school district · #92 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,461

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,812

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Amory School District is a public school district based in Amory, Mississippi, serving 1,461 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #92 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 16% of them. Its schools average 292 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,812 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.3 students per teacher.

How Amory compares

AmoryMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,812

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

Instruction spending per student$5,407

Mississippi median $5,828 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Students per school292

Mississippi median 399 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.3

Mississippi median 13.3 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor244

Mississippi median 382 · 36% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 54%Local 27%

Measure	Amory	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,812	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,407	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$16.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	119	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	213	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	244	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
Amory School DistrictAmory · this district	1,461	5	$9,812	12.3	#92
South Pike School DistrictMagnolia	1,461	7	$10,379	13.3	#93
Quitman School DistrictQuitman	1,459	6	$10,640	n/a	#94
West Jasper School DistrictBay Springs	1,371	4	$10,773	13.1	#95
Booneville School DistrictBooneville	1,337	4	$8,747	14.4	#96

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Elkins School DistrictElkins, AR	1,462	$9,214	12.4
River Trails School District 26Mt Prospect, IL	1,462	$19,012	11.2
Byron CUSD 226Byron, IL	1,461	$19,235	12.3
Lodi School DistrictLodi, WI	1,461	$13,595	13.3

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-amory-school-district