District profile / Mississippi

Lafayette County

Oxford, Mississippi · Public school district · #44 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,854

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,476

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Lafayette County is a public school district based in Oxford, Mississippi, serving 2,854 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #44 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 571 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,476 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How Lafayette County compares

Lafayette CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,476

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

Instruction spending per student$6,106

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

Students per school571

Mississippi median 399 · 43% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor357

Mississippi median 382 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$32.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 48%Local 37%

Measure	Lafayette County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,476	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,106	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$32.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	217	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	470	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	357	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
Long Beach School DistrictLong Beach	2,874	5	$9,632	13.7	#43
Lafayette CountyOxford · this district	2,854	5	$10,476	13.2	#44
Tishomingo County School DistrictIuka	2,844	8	$10,073	11.9	#45
Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictIndianola	2,807	13	$11,159	13.2	#46
Simpson County School DistrictMendenhall	2,797	8	$10,008	14.5	#47

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Haven School DistrictEast Haven, CT	2,857	$21,649	12.2
Waverly Community SchoolsLansing, MI	2,854	$12,264	16.3
Grand Island Central School DistrictGrand Island, NY	2,854	$18,982	11.7
University CityUniversity City, MO	2,853	$16,796	12.6

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-lafayette-county