District profile / Mississippi

Noxubee County School District

Macon, Mississippi · Public school district · #97 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,321

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,788

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

14.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Noxubee County School District is a public school district based in Macon, Mississippi, serving 1,321 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #97 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 11% of them. Its schools average 330 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,788 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.5 students per teacher.

How Noxubee County compares

Noxubee CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,788

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

Instruction spending per student$4,885

Mississippi median $5,828 · 16% below · FY2020-21

Students per school330

Mississippi median 399 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor330

Mississippi median 382 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 30%State 45%Local 25%

Measure	Noxubee County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,788	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$4,885	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$15.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	91	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	191	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	330	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
West Jasper School DistrictBay Springs	1,371	4	$10,773	13.1	#95
Booneville School DistrictBooneville	1,337	4	$8,747	14.4	#96
Noxubee County School DistrictMacon · this district	1,321	4	$9,788	14.5	#97
Hazlehurst City School DistrictHazlehurst	1,320	3	$9,405	15.2	#98
Choctaw County SchoolsAckerman	1,233	5	$14,057	10.4	#99

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Opp CityOpp, AL	1,322	$10,913	15.9
Clay County SchoolsHayesville, NC	1,322	$12,636	13.5
Solvay Union Free School DistrictSolvay, NY	1,321	$21,188	10.0
Pulaski CountyHawkinsville, GA	1,320	$12,508	13.9

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-noxubee-county-school-district