District profile / Mississippi

Brookhaven School District

Brookhaven, Mississippi · Public school district · #57 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,432

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,034

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Brookhaven School District is a public school district based in Brookhaven, Mississippi, serving 2,432 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #57 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 48% of them. Its schools average 347 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,034 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.0 students per teacher.

How Brookhaven compares

BrookhavenMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,034

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

Instruction spending per student$5,296

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

Students per school347

Mississippi median 399 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.0

Mississippi median 13.3 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor304

Mississippi median 382 · 20% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 45%Local 35%

Measure	Brookhaven	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,034	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,296	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$29.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	202	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	457	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	304	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
Brookhaven School DistrictBrookhaven · this district	2,432	7	$10,034	12.0	#57
Louisville Municipal School DistrictLouisville	2,413	7	$9,875	14.4	#58
Leake County School DistrictCarthage	2,408	6	$9,767	13.9	#59
South Tippah School DistrictRipley	2,403	6	$10,155	12.3	#60
Corinth School DistrictCorinth	2,400	3	$8,725	14.6	#61

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Berwyn North School District 98Berwyn, IL	2,434	$18,637	13.8
Rich Twp HSD 227Matteson, IL	2,433	$26,529	12.3
Erlanger-Elsmere IndependentErlanger, KY	2,431	$12,146	14.8
North Branch Area SchoolsNorth Branch, MI	2,431	$9,478	18.6

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-brookhaven-school-district