District profile / Mississippi

Jefferson County School District

Fayette, Mississippi · Public school district · #107 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,083

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,261

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 22% above the Mississippi median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Jefferson County School District is a public school district based in Fayette, Mississippi, serving 1,083 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #107 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 2% of them. Its schools average 217 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $12,261 per student on day-to-day operations, 22% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Jefferson County compares

Jefferson CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,261

Mississippi median $10,034 · 22% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,122

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

Students per school217

Mississippi median 399 · 46% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor361

Mississippi median 382 · 5% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$13.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 31%State 47%Local 21%

Measure	Jefferson County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,261	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,122	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$14.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$13.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	81	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	207	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	361	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
Claiborne County Public SchoolsPort Gibson	1,135	4	$11,636	12.9	#104
MS Achievement School District Of Humphreys CountyBelzoni	1,130	4	$12,472	14.3	#105
North PanolaSardis	1,103	6	$10,202	13.3	#106
Jefferson County School DistrictFayette · this district	1,083	5	$12,261	13.4	#107
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School DistrictWinona	1,069	3	$11,935	12.6	#108

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
ISU Laboratory SchoolsNormal, IL	1,083	n/a	11.5
Banks School District 13Banks, OR	1,083	$11,585	19.0
Millsap ISDMillsap, TX	1,083	$11,817	13.4
Peshtigo School DistrictPeshtigo, WI	1,083	$11,819	15.3

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-jefferson-county-school-district