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Long Beach School District

Long Beach, Mississippi · Public school district · #43 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,874

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,632

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Long Beach School District is a public school district based in Long Beach, Mississippi, serving 2,874 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #43 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 61% of them. Its schools average 575 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,632 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Long Beach compares

Long BeachMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,632

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

Instruction spending per student$5,772

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

Students per school575

Mississippi median 399 · 44% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor411

Mississippi median 382 · 8% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 16%State 52%Local 32%

Measure	Long Beach	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,632	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,772	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$37.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	210	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	390	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	411	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
Long Beach School DistrictLong Beach · this district	2,874	5	$9,632	13.7	#43
Lafayette CountyOxford	2,854	5	$10,476	13.2	#44
Tishomingo County School DistrictIuka	2,844	8	$10,073	11.9	#45
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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
La Grange School District 102La Grange Park, IL	2,875	$18,890	12.0
RandolphRandolph, MA	2,875	$21,442	11.9
Talawanda CityOxford, OH	2,875	$13,284	16.6
Safford Unified District (4218)Safford, AZ	2,874	$9,066	20.1

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-long-beach-school-district