District profile / Mississippi

Greenville Public School District

Greenville, Mississippi · Public school district · #35 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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3,264

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,263

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Greenville Public School District is a public school district based in Greenville, Mississippi, serving 3,264 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #35 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 272 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,263 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Greenville compares

GreenvilleMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,263

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

Instruction spending per student$5,257

Mississippi median $5,828 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school272

Mississippi median 399 · 32% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor218

Mississippi median 382 · 43% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$46.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 29%State 46%Local 25%

Measure	Greenville	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,263	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,257	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$44.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$46.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	236	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	591	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	218	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
Itawamba CountyFulton	3,275	8	$9,035	11.4	#34
Greenville Public School DistrictGreenville · this district	3,264	12	$10,263	13.8	#35
Alcorn School DistrictCorinth	3,226	10	$9,619	10.5	#36
Canton Public SchoolsCanton	3,157	9	$9,338	14.7	#37
Pearl River County School DistrictCarriere	3,128	4	$8,552	15.6	#38

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Windsor School DistrictWindsor, CT	3,266	$24,555	10.3
Saddle Mountain Unified School District (4254)Tonopah, AZ	3,265	$9,628	21.5
Pottstown School DistrictPottstown, PA	3,264	$15,708	13.2
Lake Shore Public Schools (Macomb)St Clr Shores, MI	3,262	$13,049	18.3

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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