District profile / Mississippi

Leake County School District

Carthage, Mississippi · Public school district · #59 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,408

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,767

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Leake County School District is a public school district based in Carthage, Mississippi, serving 2,408 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #59 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 46% of them. Its schools average 401 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,767 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher. We've matched 1 news story to the district.

How Leake County compares

Leake CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,767

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

Instruction spending per student$5,259

Mississippi median $5,828 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school401

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor344

Mississippi median 382 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$29.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 25%State 54%Local 20%

Measure	Leake County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,767	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,259	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$29.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	173	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	386	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	344	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.

In the news

1 story matched

Teaching & learning

Leake County schools in Mississippi released from decades-long desegregation order

Newsday · October 6, 2026

Peer districts in Mississippi

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Louisville Municipal School DistrictLouisville	2,413	7	$9,875	14.4	#58
Leake County School DistrictCarthage · this district	2,408	6	$9,767	13.9	#59
South Tippah School DistrictRipley	2,403	6	$10,155	12.3	#60
Corinth School DistrictCorinth	2,400	3	$8,725	14.6	#61
Pontotoc City School DistrictPontotoc	2,400	5	$9,354	13.0	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Richland Union ElementaryShafter, CA	2,410	$15,877	17.7
Public Schools of PetoskeyPetoskey, MI	2,409	$12,087	14.7
Penncrest School DistrictSaegertown, PA	2,408	$17,839	14.2
Dallas School DistrictDallas, PA	2,407	$14,107	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-leake-county-school-district