District profile / Mississippi

Choctaw County Schools

Ackerman, Mississippi · Public school district · #99 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,233

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,057

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 40% above the Mississippi median

10.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Choctaw County Schools is a public school district based in Ackerman, Mississippi, serving 1,233 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #99 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 9% of them. Its schools average 247 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $14,057 per student on day-to-day operations, 40% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 10.4 students per teacher.

How Choctaw County compares

Choctaw CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,057

Mississippi median $10,034 · 40% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,216

Mississippi median $5,828 · 41% above · FY2020-21

Students per school247

Mississippi median 399 · 38% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · 22% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor308

Mississippi median 382 · 19% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 35%Local 52%

Measure	Choctaw County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,057	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,216	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	119	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	251	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	308	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
Hazlehurst City School DistrictHazlehurst	1,320	3	$9,405	15.2	#98
Choctaw County SchoolsAckerman · this district	1,233	5	$14,057	10.4	#99
North Tippah School DistrictFalkner	1,220	3	$8,690	12.6	#100
Jeff Davis County School DistrictPrentiss	1,217	5	$12,034	13.5	#101
Yazoo County School DistrictYazoo City	1,216	4	$12,438	11.0	#102

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Mt Vernon Twp HSD 201Mount Vernon, IL	1,233	$18,850	13.9
North Merrick Union Free School DistrictMerrick, NY	1,233	$27,962	15.6
Fairless LocalBrewster, OH	1,233	$13,972	14.7
North Rock Creek Public SchoolsShawnee, OK	1,233	$7,925	16.7

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-choctaw-county-schools