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Corinth School District

Corinth, Mississippi · Public school district · #61 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,400

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,725

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 13% below the Mississippi median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Corinth School District is a public school district based in Corinth, Mississippi, serving 2,400 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #61 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 44% of them. Its schools average 800 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $8,725 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Corinth compares

CorinthMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,725

Mississippi median $10,034 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,503

Mississippi median $5,828 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school800

Mississippi median 399 · 101% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor480

Mississippi median 382 · 26% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 25%State 51%Local 24%

Measure	Corinth	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,725	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,503	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$26.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	164	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	317	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	480	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
Louisville Municipal School DistrictLouisville	2,413	7	$9,875	14.4	#58
Leake County School DistrictCarthage	2,408	6	$9,767	13.9	#59
South Tippah School DistrictRipley	2,403	6	$10,155	12.3	#60
Corinth School DistrictCorinth · this district	2,400	3	$8,725	14.6	#61
Pontotoc City School DistrictPontotoc	2,400	5	$9,354	13.0	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Logan-Rogersville R-VIIIRogersville, MO	2,402	$10,118	13.8
Show Low Unified District (4393)Show Low, AZ	2,398	$7,902	19.0
Plano CUSD 88Plano, IL	2,398	$15,843	13.2
Tecumseh Public SchoolsTecumseh, MI	2,397	$10,895	17.4

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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