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Clarksdale Municipal School District

Clarksdale, Mississippi · Public school district · #76 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,857

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,945

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

16.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Clarksdale Municipal School District is a public school district based in Clarksdale, Mississippi, serving 1,857 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #76 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 232 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,945 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.4 students per teacher.

How Clarksdale Municipal compares

Clarksdale MunicipalMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,945

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

Instruction spending per student$5,077

Mississippi median $5,828 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Students per school232

Mississippi median 399 · 42% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · 23% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor464

Mississippi median 382 · 21% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$24.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 28%State 54%Local 18%

Measure	Clarksdale Municipal	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,945	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,077	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$26.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$24.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	113	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	302	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	464	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
Clarksdale Municipal School DistrictClarksdale · this district	1,857	8	$9,945	16.4	#76
MS Achievement School District Of Yazoo CityYazoo City	1,824	5	$9,954	n/a	#77
Marion County School DistrictColumbia	1,794	8	$11,085	13.1	#78
Pass Christian School DistrictPass Christian	1,768	4	$11,491	12.7	#79
Senatobia Municipal School DistrictSenatobia	1,754	4	$9,836	16.1	#80

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Slippery Rock Area School DistrictSlippery Rock, PA	1,858	$15,533	12.1
Edmonson CountyBrownsville, KY	1,857	$10,611	15.7
Homewood School District 153Homewood, IL	1,856	$16,815	12.3
Monroe CountyTompkinsville, KY	1,856	$13,545	14.6

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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