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North Tippah School District

Falkner, Mississippi · Public school district · #100 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,220

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,690

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 13% below the Mississippi median

12.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

North Tippah School District is a public school district based in Falkner, Mississippi, serving 1,220 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #100 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 8% of them. Its schools average 407 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $8,690 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 12.6 students per teacher.

How North Tippah compares

North TippahMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,690

Mississippi median $10,034 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,142

Mississippi median $5,828 · 12% below · FY2020-21

Students per school407

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor610

Mississippi median 382 · 60% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$13.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 58%Local 25%

Measure	North Tippah	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,690	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,142	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$13.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$13.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	97	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	171	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	610	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
Choctaw County SchoolsAckerman	1,233	5	$14,057	10.4	#99
North Tippah School DistrictFalkner · this district	1,220	3	$8,690	12.6	#100
Jeff Davis County School DistrictPrentiss	1,217	5	$12,034	13.5	#101
Yazoo County School DistrictYazoo City	1,216	4	$12,438	11.0	#102
Franklin County School DistrictMeadville	1,147	5	$12,321	8.0	#103

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Union-North United School CorporationLakeville, IN	1,221	$8,017	15.3
Hardin ElementaryHardin, MT	1,221	$15,553	12.3
River Road ISDAmarillo, TX	1,221	$12,071	12.3
Boyne City Public SchoolsBoyne City, MI	1,220	$12,483	14.9

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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