District profile / Mississippi

North Panola

Sardis, Mississippi · Public school district · #106 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,103

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,202

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

North Panola is a public school district based in Sardis, Mississippi, serving 1,103 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #106 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 3% of them. Its schools average 184 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,202 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.3 students per teacher.

How North Panola compares

North PanolaMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,202

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

Instruction spending per student$5,554

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

Students per school184

Mississippi median 399 · 54% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.3

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor221

Mississippi median 382 · 42% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$17.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 28%State 45%Local 27%

Measure	North Panola	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,202	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,554	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$15.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$17.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	83	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	205	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	221	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
Claiborne County Public SchoolsPort Gibson	1,135	4	$11,636	12.9	#104
MS Achievement School District Of Humphreys CountyBelzoni	1,130	4	$12,472	14.3	#105
North PanolaSardis · this district	1,103	6	$10,202	13.3	#106
Jefferson County School DistrictFayette	1,083	5	$12,261	13.4	#107
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School DistrictWinona	1,069	3	$11,935	12.6	#108

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Smith-Green Community SchoolsChurubusco, IN	1,103	$8,734	14.7
Whitko Community School CorporationLarwill, IN	1,103	$11,952	11.1
Pymatuning Valley Local School DistrictAndover, OH	1,103	$14,106	15.5
Redwater ISDTexarkana, TX	1,103	$11,136	10.4

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.

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