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Pontotoc County School District

Pontotoc, Mississippi · Public school district · #33 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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3,465

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,495

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% below the Mississippi median

13.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Pontotoc County School District is a public school district based in Pontotoc, Mississippi, serving 3,465 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #33 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 70% of them. Its schools average 385 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $8,495 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.5 students per teacher.

How Pontotoc County compares

Pontotoc CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,495

Mississippi median $10,034 · 15% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,570

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

Students per school385

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.5

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor385

Mississippi median 382 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 61%Local 21%

Measure	Pontotoc County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,495	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,570	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	256	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	477	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	385	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
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School DistrictGreenwood	3,718	15	$10,308	13.6	#31
Picayune School DistrictPicayune	3,509	11	$11,964	13.0	#32
Pontotoc County School DistrictPontotoc · this district	3,465	9	$8,495	13.5	#33
Itawamba CountyFulton	3,275	8	$9,035	11.4	#34
Greenville Public School DistrictGreenville	3,264	12	$10,263	13.8	#35

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3Mahomet, IL	3,468	$8,902	16.3
Hopewell Valley Regional School DistrictPennington, NJ	3,465	$26,983	9.6
Tenafly Public School DistrictTenafly, NJ	3,465	$22,343	11.9
Mason City Community School DistrictMason City, IA	3,464	$14,926	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.

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