District profile / Mississippi

Lincoln County School District

Brookhaven, Mississippi · Public school district · #49 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,791

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,756

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 13% below the Mississippi median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Lincoln County School District is a public school district based in Brookhaven, Mississippi, serving 2,791 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #49 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 56% of them. Its schools average 698 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $8,756 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How Lincoln County compares

Lincoln CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,756

Mississippi median $10,034 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,470

Mississippi median $5,828 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school698

Mississippi median 399 · 75% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor698

Mississippi median 382 · 83% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$29.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 54%Local 23%

Measure	Lincoln County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,756	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,470	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$26.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$29.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	201	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	392	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	698	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
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
Cleveland School DistrictCleveland	2,793	10	$10,593	11.9	#48
Lincoln County School DistrictBrookhaven · this district	2,791	4	$8,756	13.9	#49
Marshall County School DistrictHolly Springs	2,769	10	$10,436	13.4	#50

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Yorktown Community SchoolsYorktown, IN	2,793	$9,052	17.1
Rockcastle CountyMount Vernon, KY	2,793	$11,701	14.6
Beech Grove City SchoolsBeech Grove, IN	2,790	$10,453	16.7
Bozeman H SBozeman, MT	2,790	$13,470	16.1

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-lincoln-county-school-district