District profile / Mississippi

Copiah County School District

Hazlehurst, Mississippi · Public school district · #70 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,077

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,103

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% below the Mississippi median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Copiah County School District is a public school district based in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, serving 2,077 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #70 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 36% of them. Its schools average 519 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,103 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Copiah County compares

Copiah CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,103

Mississippi median $10,034 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$4,888

Mississippi median $5,828 · 16% below · FY2020-21

Students per school519

Mississippi median 399 · 30% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor692

Mississippi median 382 · 81% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 27%State 52%Local 21%

Measure	Copiah County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,103	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$4,888	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$23.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	178	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	692	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
New Albany Public SchoolsNew Albany	2,149	5	$9,718	14.2	#66
North Pike SchoolsSummit	2,135	5	$9,541	13.9	#67
Forrest County School DistrictHattiesburg	2,124	6	$11,850	11.7	#68
McComb School DistrictMcComb	2,121	8	$11,701	13.1	#69
Copiah County School DistrictHazlehurst · this district	2,077	4	$9,103	14.6	#70

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ocean ViewOxnard, CA	2,077	$14,224	22.1
Dolton School District 148Riverdale, IL	2,077	$17,636	13.7
Romulus Community SchoolsRomulus, MI	2,077	$13,180	15.6
Harrah Public SchoolsHarrah, OK	2,077	$10,725	17.2

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-copiah-county-school-district