District profile / Mississippi

Newton County School District

Decatur, Mississippi · Public school district · #86 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,650

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,737

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% above the Mississippi median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Newton County School District is a public school district based in Decatur, Mississippi, serving 1,650 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #86 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 412 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,737 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Newton County compares

Newton CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,737

Mississippi median $10,034 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,394

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

Students per school412

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,650

Mississippi median 382 · 332% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 53%Local 25%

Measure	Newton County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,737	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,394	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	123	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	234	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,650	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
Lawrence County School DistrictMonticello	1,674	6	$10,293	11.5	#84
Bay Waveland School DistrictBay St Louis	1,664	4	$13,294	12.7	#85
Newton County School DistrictDecatur · this district	1,650	4	$10,737	13.4	#86
Columbia School DistrictColumbia	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87
Forest Municipal School DistrictForest	1,638	3	$9,248	15.5	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lanier CountyLakeland, GA	1,652	$11,638	15.0
Lake Forest School District 67Lake Forest, IL	1,652	$28,767	10.0
Belding Area School DistrictBelding, MI	1,652	$11,600	15.6
Clark-Shawnee LocalSpringfield, OH	1,650	$12,765	17.0

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-newton-county-school-district