District profile / Mississippi

Jeff Davis County School District

Prentiss, Mississippi · Public school district · #101 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,217

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,034

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 20% above the Mississippi median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Jeff Davis County School District is a public school district based in Prentiss, Mississippi, serving 1,217 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #101 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 7% of them. Its schools average 243 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $12,034 per student on day-to-day operations, 20% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Jeff Davis County compares

Jeff Davis CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,034

Mississippi median $10,034 · 20% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,200

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

Students per school243

Mississippi median 399 · 39% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor243

Mississippi median 382 · 36% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 29%State 39%Local 32%

Measure	Jeff Davis County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,034	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,200	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	90	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	244	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	243	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
Choctaw County SchoolsAckerman	1,233	5	$14,057	10.4	#99
North Tippah School DistrictFalkner	1,220	3	$8,690	12.6	#100
Jeff Davis County School DistrictPrentiss · this district	1,217	5	$12,034	13.5	#101
Yazoo County School DistrictYazoo City	1,216	4	$12,438	11.0	#102
Franklin County School DistrictMeadville	1,147	5	$12,321	8.0	#103

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Smoky ValleyLindsborg, KS	1,218	$9,214	18.7
Camp Hill School DistrictCamp Hill, PA	1,218	$16,203	12.3
Santa Clara County Office of EducationSan Jose, CA	1,217	$131,345	9.1
MaynardMaynard, MA	1,217	$22,334	11.0

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-jeff-davis-county-school-district