District profile / Mississippi

Louisville Municipal School District

Louisville, Mississippi · Public school district · #58 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,413

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,875

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Louisville Municipal School District is a public school district based in Louisville, Mississippi, serving 2,413 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #58 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 47% of them. Its schools average 345 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,875 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Louisville Municipal compares

Louisville MunicipalMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,875

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

Instruction spending per student$5,810

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

Students per school345

Mississippi median 399 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor302

Mississippi median 382 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$30.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 48%Local 30%

Measure	Louisville Municipal	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,875	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,810	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$28.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$30.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	168	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	386	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	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
Louisville Municipal School DistrictLouisville · this district	2,413	7	$9,875	14.4	#58
Leake County School DistrictCarthage	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
Norwell Community SchoolsOssian, IN	2,413	$9,424	14.8
Brunswick Public SchoolsBrunswick, ME	2,413	$18,408	11.2
Port Jervis City School DistrictPort Jervis, NY	2,412	$25,519	11.2
Jonathan Alder LocalPlain City, OH	2,412	$10,899	19.1

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-louisville-municipal-school-district