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Natchez-Adams School District

Natchez, Mississippi · Public school district · #52 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,554

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,114

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 31% above the Mississippi median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Natchez-Adams School District is a public school district based in Natchez, Mississippi, serving 2,554 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #52 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 53% of them. Its schools average 319 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $13,114 per student on day-to-day operations, 31% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Natchez-Adams compares

Natchez-AdamsMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,114

Mississippi median $10,034 · 31% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,912

Mississippi median $5,828 · 19% above · FY2020-21

Students per school319

Mississippi median 399 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor232

Mississippi median 382 · 39% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 42%Local 36%

Measure	Natchez-Adams	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,114	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,912	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$45.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	195	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	484	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	232	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
Natchez-Adams School DistrictNatchez · this district	2,554	8	$13,114	13.1	#52
Smith County School DistrictRaleigh	2,538	6	$9,059	13.7	#53
Stone County School DistrictWiggins	2,532	5	$9,729	14.6	#54
West Point Consolidated School DistrictWest Point	2,528	8	$10,264	12.3	#55
Covington County School DistrictCollins	2,492	9	$10,589	11.5	#56

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Aptakisic-Tripp CCSD 102Buffalo Grove, IL	2,557	$18,508	13.5
Tecumseh LocalNew Carlisle, OH	2,555	$12,872	16.0
King City UnionKing City, CA	2,554	$14,112	22.2
New Hartford Central School DistrictNew Hartford, NY	2,552	$19,472	12.2

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-natchez-adams-school-district