District profile / Mississippi

Lee County

Tupelo, Mississippi · Public school district · #12 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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6,343

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,610

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Lee County is a public school district based in Tupelo, Mississippi, serving 6,343 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #12 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 90% of them. Its schools average 423 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,610 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Lee County compares

Lee CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,610

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

Instruction spending per student$6,077

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

Students per school423

Mississippi median 399 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor302

Mississippi median 382 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$71.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 51%Local 33%

Measure	Lee County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,610	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,077	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$72.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$71.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	507	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	985	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	302	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
Vicksburg Warren School DistrictVicksburg	6,610	15	$10,650	13.7	#10
Pascagoula-Gautier School DistrictPascagoula	6,579	19	$13,933	11.7	#11
Lee CountyTupelo · this district	6,343	15	$9,610	12.5	#12
Lauderdale County School DistrictMeridian	5,940	11	$10,732	13.1	#13
Gulfport School DistrictGulfport	5,927	11	$9,989	13.6	#14

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Highland Park ISDDallas, TX	6,350	$10,876	13.8
Tumwater School DistrictTumwater, WA	6,350	$15,420	17.9
GoddardGoddard, KS	6,346	$10,716	15.0
York City School DistrictYork, PA	6,341	$16,306	14.2

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-lee-county