District profile / Mississippi

Marshall County School District

Holly Springs, Mississippi · Public school district · #50 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,769

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,436

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Marshall County School District is a public school district based in Holly Springs, Mississippi, serving 2,769 students in 10 schools. By enrollment it ranks #50 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 277 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,436 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Marshall County compares

Marshall CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,436

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

Instruction spending per student$5,344

Mississippi median $5,828 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school277

Mississippi median 399 · 31% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor396

Mississippi median 382 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 48%Local 29%

Measure	Marshall County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,436	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,344	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$32.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	206	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	424	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	396	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	2,791	4	$8,756	13.9	#49
Marshall County School DistrictHolly Springs · this district	2,769	10	$10,436	13.4	#50

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Louisville CityLouisville, OH	2,768	$10,487	19.6
Waterloo CUSD 5Waterloo, IL	2,767	$12,362	16.4
Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School DistrictWoodmere, NY	2,767	$38,032	9.2
Florence 03Lake City, SC	2,767	$12,885	14.0

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-marshall-county-school-district