District profile / Mississippi

Lawrence County School District

Monticello, Mississippi · Public school district · #84 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,674

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,293

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

11.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Lawrence County School District is a public school district based in Monticello, Mississippi, serving 1,674 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #84 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 23% of them. Its schools average 279 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,293 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.5 students per teacher.

How Lawrence County compares

Lawrence CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,293

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

Instruction spending per student$5,687

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

Students per school279

Mississippi median 399 · 30% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor335

Mississippi median 382 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 48%Local 33%

Measure	Lawrence County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,293	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,687	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	146	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	307	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	335	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
Walthall County School DistrictTylertown	1,698	6	$10,928	12.4	#83
Lawrence County School DistrictMonticello · this district	1,674	6	$10,293	11.5	#84
Bay Waveland School DistrictBay St Louis	1,664	4	$13,294	12.7	#85
Newton County School DistrictDecatur	1,650	4	$10,737	13.4	#86
Columbia School DistrictColumbia	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Green CountyGreensburg, KY	1,675	$12,271	14.7
West Holmes LocalMillersburg, OH	1,675	$13,289	15.4
Delavan-Darien School DistrictDelavan, WI	1,674	$14,433	12.1
Ozark School DistrictOzark, AR	1,673	$9,985	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-lawrence-county-school-district