District profile / Mississippi

Greene County Schools

Leakesville, Mississippi · Public school district · #89 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,621

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,376

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Greene County Schools is a public school district based in Leakesville, Mississippi, serving 1,621 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #89 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 19% of them. Its schools average 270 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,376 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Greene County compares

Greene CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,376

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

Instruction spending per student$5,923

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

Students per school270

Mississippi median 399 · 32% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor810

Mississippi median 382 · 112% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 48%Local 34%

Measure	Greene County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,376	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,923	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	119	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	275	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	810	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
Columbia School DistrictColumbia	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87
Forest Municipal School DistrictForest	1,638	3	$9,248	15.5	#88
Greene County SchoolsLeakesville · this district	1,621	6	$10,376	13.6	#89
Moss Point School DistrictMoss Point	1,611	6	$16,792	12.3	#90
Tunica School DistrictTunica	1,598	7	$12,887	12.2	#91

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Oxford School DistrictOxford, CT	1,622	$21,975	10.8
Algona Community School DistrictAlgona, IA	1,622	$12,029	16.1
Atlantic Community School DistrictAtlantic, IA	1,621	$11,644	14.7
Swedesboro-Woolwich School DistrictWoolwich Township, NJ	1,621	$18,723	11.0

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-greene-county-schools