District profile / Mississippi

Harrison County School District

Gulfport, Mississippi · Public school district · #4 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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14,253

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,935

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

15.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Harrison County School District is a public school district based in Gulfport, Mississippi, serving 14,253 students in 24 schools. By enrollment it ranks #4 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 594 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,935 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.3 students per teacher.

How Harrison County compares

Harrison CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,935

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

Instruction spending per student$6,005

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

Students per school594

Mississippi median 399 · 49% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.3

Mississippi median 13.3 · 15% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor750

Mississippi median 382 · 96% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$174.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 42%Local 37%

Measure	Harrison County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,935	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,005	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$186.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$174.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	931	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,114	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	750	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
Rankin County School DistrictBrandon	18,196	28	$9,860	13.0	#2
Jackson Public SchoolsJackson	17,429	41	$11,220	13.9	#3
Harrison County School DistrictGulfport · this district	14,253	24	$9,935	15.3	#4
Madison County SchoolsRidgeland	12,926	23	$10,368	12.0	#5
Lamar County School DistrictPurvis	10,318	17	$9,312	13.3	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
College Station ISDCollege Station, TX	14,314	$9,945	14.9
Chippewa Valley SchoolsClinton Township, MI	14,276	$11,752	18.5
Independence 30Independence, MO	14,272	$10,711	14.7
Burbank UnifiedBurbank, CA	14,168	$12,045	24.3

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.

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