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Laurel School District

Laurel, Mississippi · Public school district · #51 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,620

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,885

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

16.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Laurel School District is a public school district based in Laurel, Mississippi, serving 2,620 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #51 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 54% of them. Its schools average 328 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,885 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.1 students per teacher.

How Laurel compares

LaurelMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,885

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

Instruction spending per student$5,354

Mississippi median $5,828 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school328

Mississippi median 399 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.1

Mississippi median 13.3 · 21% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor524

Mississippi median 382 · 37% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$40.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 37%Local 43%

Measure	Laurel	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,885	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,354	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$31.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$40.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	163	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	379	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	524	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
Laurel School DistrictLaurel · this district	2,620	8	$9,885	16.1	#51
Natchez-Adams School DistrictNatchez	2,554	8	$13,114	13.1	#52
Smith County School DistrictRaleigh	2,538	6	$9,059	13.7	#53
Stone County School DistrictWiggins	2,532	5	$9,729	14.6	#54
West Point Consolidated School DistrictWest Point	2,528	8	$10,264	12.3	#55

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Thomasville CityThomasville, GA	2,622	$12,176	13.4
Solana Beach ElementarySolana Beach, CA	2,620	$20,410	22.4
Affton 101St Louis, MO	2,619	$11,134	14.4
Mitchell School District 17-2Mitchell, SD	2,619	$10,273	13.4

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-laurel-school-district