District profile / Mississippi

Claiborne County Public Schools

Port Gibson, Mississippi · Public school district · #104 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,135

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,636

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 16% above the Mississippi median

12.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Claiborne County Public Schools is a public school district based in Port Gibson, Mississippi, serving 1,135 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #104 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 5% of them. Its schools average 284 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $11,636 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Claiborne County compares

Claiborne CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,636

Mississippi median $10,034 · 16% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,346

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

Students per school284

Mississippi median 399 · 29% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor284

Mississippi median 382 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 27%State 42%Local 31%

Measure	Claiborne County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,636	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,346	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$17.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	88	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	198	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	284	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
Franklin County School DistrictMeadville	1,147	5	$12,321	8.0	#103
Claiborne County Public SchoolsPort Gibson · this district	1,135	4	$11,636	12.9	#104
MS Achievement School District Of Humphreys CountyBelzoni	1,130	4	$12,472	14.3	#105
North PanolaSardis	1,103	6	$10,202	13.3	#106
Jefferson County School DistrictFayette	1,083	5	$12,261	13.4	#107

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Herkimer Central School DistrictHerkimer, NY	1,136	$19,742	11.8
Crestview LocalColumbiana, OH	1,136	$11,485	14.6
El Paso-Gridley CUSD 11El Paso, IL	1,135	$10,473	13.0
Pontiac CCSD 429Pontiac, IL	1,135	$18,163	11.6

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.

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