District profile / Mississippi

New Albany Public Schools

New Albany, Mississippi · Public school district · #66 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,149

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,718

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

New Albany Public Schools is a public school district based in New Albany, Mississippi, serving 2,149 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #66 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 40% of them. Its schools average 430 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,718 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How New Albany compares

New AlbanyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,718

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

Instruction spending per student$5,935

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

Students per school430

Mississippi median 399 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Mississippi median 13.3 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor537

Mississippi median 382 · 41% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 51%Local 32%

Measure	New Albany	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,718	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,935	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$22.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	151	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	321	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	537	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
Prentiss County School DistrictBooneville	2,176	7	$9,968	10.1	#65
New Albany Public SchoolsNew Albany · this district	2,149	5	$9,718	14.2	#66
North Pike SchoolsSummit	2,135	5	$9,541	13.9	#67
Forrest County School DistrictHattiesburg	2,124	6	$11,850	11.7	#68
McComb School DistrictMcComb	2,121	8	$11,701	13.1	#69

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
OttawaOttawa, KS	2,150	$12,554	11.6
Thomasville City SchoolsThomasville, NC	2,149	$13,161	19.0
Yancey County SchoolsBurnsville, NC	2,149	$12,782	15.0
Monroe School DistrictMonroe, WI	2,149	$14,439	13.1

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-new-albany-public-schools