District profile / Mississippi

Cleveland School District

Cleveland, Mississippi · Public school district · #48 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,793

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,593

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% above the Mississippi median

11.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Cleveland School District is a public school district based in Cleveland, Mississippi, serving 2,793 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #48 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 56% of them. Its schools average 279 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,593 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 11.9 students per teacher.

How Cleveland compares

ClevelandMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,593

Mississippi median $10,034 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,927

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

Students per school279

Mississippi median 399 · 30% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor233

Mississippi median 382 · 39% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 44%Local 33%

Measure	Cleveland	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,593	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,927	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$34.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	235	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	501	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	233	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
Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictIndianola	2,807	13	$11,159	13.2	#46
Simpson County School DistrictMendenhall	2,797	8	$10,008	14.5	#47
Cleveland School DistrictCleveland · this district	2,793	10	$10,593	11.9	#48
Lincoln County School DistrictBrookhaven	2,791	4	$8,756	13.9	#49
Marshall County School DistrictHolly Springs	2,769	10	$10,436	13.4	#50

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Danville Community School CorporationDanville, IN	2,795	$9,465	18.1
Yorktown Community SchoolsYorktown, IN	2,793	$9,052	17.1
Rockcastle CountyMount Vernon, KY	2,793	$11,701	14.6
Beech Grove City SchoolsBeech Grove, IN	2,790	$10,453	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-cleveland-school-district