District profile / Mississippi

Jackson Public Schools

Jackson, Mississippi · Public school district · #3 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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17,429

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,220

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% above the Mississippi median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Jackson Public Schools is a public school district based in Jackson, Mississippi, serving 17,429 students in 41 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 425 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $11,220 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Jackson compares

JacksonMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,220

Mississippi median $10,034 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,396

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

Students per school425

Mississippi median 399 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor221

Mississippi median 382 · 42% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$264.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 42%Local 38%

Measure	Jackson	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,220	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,396	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$271.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$264.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,250	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	3,121	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	221	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 · this district	17,429	41	$11,220	13.9	#3
Harrison County School DistrictGulfport	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
ABC UnifiedCerritos, CA	17,612	$12,553	22.6
Ouachita ParishWest Monroe, LA	17,435	$11,720	14.8
Santa Maria-BonitaSanta Maria, CA	17,408	$13,224	21.2
Hayward UnifiedHayward, CA	17,377	$15,824	21.3

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-jackson-public-schools