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Lowndes County School District

Columbus, Mississippi · Public school district · #17 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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5,261

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,644

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Lowndes County School District is a public school district based in Columbus, Mississippi, serving 5,261 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 85% of them. Its schools average 526 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,644 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Lowndes County compares

Lowndes CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,644

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

Instruction spending per student$5,827

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

Students per school526

Mississippi median 399 · 32% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor376

Mississippi median 382 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$71.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 40%Local 45%

Measure	Lowndes County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,644	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,827	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$56.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$71.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	406	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	788	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	376	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
Ocean Springs School DistrictOcean Springs	5,677	7	$9,355	13.6	#16
Lowndes County School DistrictColumbus · this district	5,261	10	$9,644	13.0	#17
Clinton Public School DistrictClinton	5,148	9	$8,215	14.4	#18
Hinds County School DistrictRaymond	4,940	10	$9,120	14.6	#19
Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School DistrictStarkville	4,880	9	$10,677	12.6	#20

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lakeland Central School DistrictShrub Oak, NY	5,270	$27,220	11.3
Fairport Central School DistrictFairport, NY	5,269	$21,093	10.8
Farmingdale Union Free School DistrictFarmingdale, NY	5,267	$31,072	10.7
Coatesville Area School DistrictThorndale, PA	5,253	$17,188	13.4

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-lowndes-county-school-district