District profile / Mississippi

Grenada School District

Grenada, Mississippi · Public school district · #30 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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3,863

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,504

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 5% below the Mississippi median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Grenada School District is a public school district based in Grenada, Mississippi, serving 3,863 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #30 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 73% of them. Its schools average 773 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,504 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Grenada compares

GrenadaMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,504

Mississippi median $10,034 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,481

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

Students per school773

Mississippi median 399 · 94% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor644

Mississippi median 382 · 69% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$40.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 54%Local 25%

Measure	Grenada	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,504	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,481	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$40.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	279	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	736	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	644	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
Scott County School DistrictForest	3,989	9	$9,315	17.2	#27
Hancock School DistrictKiln	3,934	7	$9,824	n/a	#28
HattiesburgHattiesburg	3,918	9	$11,733	13.1	#29
Grenada School DistrictGrenada · this district	3,863	5	$9,504	13.8	#30
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School DistrictGreenwood	3,718	15	$10,308	13.6	#31

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Galesburg CUSD 205Galesburg, IL	3,863	$14,700	14.0
Mahopac Central School DistrictMahopac, NY	3,863	$29,343	10.6
O Fallon CCSD 90O Fallon, IL	3,862	$11,909	17.2
Cherokee CountyCentre, AL	3,860	$10,914	17.7

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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