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Kosciusko School District

Kosciusko, Mississippi · Public school district · #74 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,973

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,383

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Kosciusko School District is a public school district based in Kosciusko, Mississippi, serving 1,973 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #74 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 32% of them. Its schools average 329 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,383 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Kosciusko compares

KosciuskoMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,383

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

Instruction spending per student$5,626

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

Students per school329

Mississippi median 399 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor282

Mississippi median 382 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$23.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 51%Local 29%

Measure	Kosciusko	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,383	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,626	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$23.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	142	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	305	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	282	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
Tate County School DistrictColdwater	2,004	6	$10,006	13.3	#71
Monroe County School DistrictAmory	2,002	5	$9,606	11.3	#72
Calhoun County School DistrictPittsboro	1,989	6	$9,871	11.1	#73
Kosciusko School DistrictKosciusko · this district	1,973	6	$10,383	13.9	#74
Poplarville School DistrictPoplarville	1,969	5	$10,309	14.4	#75

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
San Joaquin County Office of EducationStockton, CA	1,972	$94,301	11.7
East Helena K-12East Helena, MT	1,972	$10,752	18.4
Stewart CountyDover, TN	1,972	$9,606	n/a
Devine ISDDevine, TX	1,972	$10,292	14.8

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.

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