District profile / Mississippi

Holmes County Consolidated

Lexington, Mississippi · Public school district · #63 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,300

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,654

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% above the Mississippi median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Holmes County Consolidated is a public school district based in Lexington, Mississippi, serving 2,300 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #63 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 43% of them. Its schools average 256 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,654 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Holmes County Consolidated compares

Holmes County ConsolidatedMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,654

Mississippi median $10,034 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,213

Mississippi median $5,828 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school256

Mississippi median 399 · 36% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor192

Mississippi median 382 · 50% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 24%State 51%Local 25%

Measure	Holmes County Consolidated	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,654	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,213	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	170	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	433	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	192	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
South Tippah School DistrictRipley	2,403	6	$10,155	12.3	#60
Corinth School DistrictCorinth	2,400	3	$8,725	14.6	#61
Pontotoc City School DistrictPontotoc	2,400	5	$9,354	13.0	#62
Holmes County ConsolidatedLexington · this district	2,300	9	$10,654	13.5	#63
Chickasaw County School DistrictHouston	2,197	7	n/a	12.3	#64

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Sugar-Salem Joint DistrictSugar City, ID	2,302	$7,275	21.3
Flossmoor School District 161Chicago Heights, IL	2,302	$14,071	13.5
Selma CitySelma, AL	2,301	$11,658	17.8
Groton-DunstableGroton, MA	2,300	$20,321	13.5

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-holmes-county-consolidated