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Biloxi Public School District

Biloxi, Mississippi · Public school district · #15 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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5,699

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,869

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% above the Mississippi median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Biloxi Public School District is a public school district based in Biloxi, Mississippi, serving 5,699 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #15 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 87% of them. Its schools average 633 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,869 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Biloxi compares

BiloxiMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,869

Mississippi median $10,034 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,993

Mississippi median $5,828 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school633

Mississippi median 399 · 59% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor712

Mississippi median 382 · 86% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$80.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 38%Local 43%

Measure	Biloxi	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,869	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,993	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$95.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$80.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	417	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	809	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	712	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
Lauderdale County School DistrictMeridian	5,940	11	$10,732	13.1	#13
Gulfport School DistrictGulfport	5,927	11	$9,989	13.6	#14
Biloxi Public School DistrictBiloxi · this district	5,699	9	$10,869	13.7	#15
Ocean Springs School DistrictOcean Springs	5,677	7	$9,355	13.6	#16
Lowndes County School DistrictColumbus	5,261	10	$9,644	13.0	#17

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Van Buren School DistrictVan Buren, AR	5,703	$10,923	13.6
Elyria City SchoolsElyria, OH	5,702	$14,415	14.5
Nogales Unified District (4457)Nogales, AZ	5,696	$9,073	20.9
Glastonbury School DistrictGlastonbury, CT	5,696	$22,150	12.7

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.

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