District profile / Mississippi

Coahoma County School District

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

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1,009

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,661

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 36% above the Mississippi median

11.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Coahoma County School District is a public school district based in Clarksdale, Mississippi, serving 1,009 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #109 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 0% of them. Its schools average 202 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $13,661 per student on day-to-day operations, 36% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 11.6 students per teacher.

How Coahoma County compares

Coahoma CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,661

Mississippi median $10,034 · 36% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,142

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

Students per school202

Mississippi median 399 · 49% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor336

Mississippi median 382 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 30%State 32%Local 37%

Measure	Coahoma County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,661	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,142	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	87	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	235	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	336	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
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
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School DistrictWinona	1,069	3	$11,935	12.6	#108
Coahoma County School DistrictClarksdale · this district	1,009	5	$13,661	11.6	#109

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ellicott School District No. 22Ellicott, CO	1,009	$10,666	14.2
Santa Fe TrailScranton, KS	1,009	$12,912	12.2
Lakeview Community Schools (Montcalm)Lakeview, MI	1,009	$12,057	16.0
Stillwater Central School DistrictStillwater, NY	1,009	$19,615	11.2

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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