District profile / Mississippi

Madison County Schools

Ridgeland, Mississippi · Public school district · #5 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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12,926

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,368

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Madison County Schools is a public school district based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, serving 12,926 students in 23 schools. By enrollment it ranks #5 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 96% of them. Its schools average 562 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,368 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.0 students per teacher.

How Madison County compares

Madison CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,368

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

Instruction spending per student$6,386

Mississippi median $5,828 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school562

Mississippi median 399 · 41% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.0

Mississippi median 13.3 · 10% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor294

Mississippi median 382 · 23% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$166.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 40%Local 50%

Measure	Madison County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,368	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,386	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$152.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$166.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,075	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,892	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	294	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
Rankin County School DistrictBrandon	18,196	28	$9,860	13.0	#2
Jackson Public SchoolsJackson	17,429	41	$11,220	13.9	#3
Harrison County School DistrictGulfport	14,253	24	$9,935	15.3	#4
Madison County SchoolsRidgeland · this district	12,926	23	$10,368	12.0	#5
Lamar County School DistrictPurvis	10,318	17	$9,312	13.3	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Donna ISDDonna, TX	12,937	$11,671	14.3
Victoria ISDVictoria, TX	12,919	$10,135	14.3
Peoria School District 150Peoria, IL	12,913	$18,089	15.0
North Penn School DistrictLansdale, PA	12,911	$18,564	13.6

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-madison-county-schools