District profile / Mississippi

Poplarville School District

Poplarville, Mississippi · Public school district · #75 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,969

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,309

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Poplarville School District is a public school district based in Poplarville, Mississippi, serving 1,969 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #75 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 31% of them. Its schools average 394 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,309 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Poplarville compares

PoplarvilleMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,309

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

Instruction spending per student$6,056

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

Students per school394

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor984

Mississippi median 382 · 158% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 50%Local 32%

Measure	Poplarville	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,309	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,056	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	137	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	304	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	984	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
Tate County School DistrictColdwater	2,004	6	$10,006	13.3	#71
Monroe County School DistrictAmory	2,002	5	$9,606	11.3	#72
Calhoun County School DistrictPittsboro	1,989	6	$9,871	11.1	#73
Kosciusko School DistrictKosciusko	1,973	6	$10,383	13.9	#74
Poplarville School DistrictPoplarville · this district	1,969	5	$10,309	14.4	#75

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
West Geauga LocalChesterland, OH	1,969	$14,322	18.6
Crockett CountyAlamo, TN	1,969	$8,654	n/a
Barbour County SchoolsPhilippi, WV	1,969	$11,814	13.2
Octorara Area School DistrictAtglen, PA	1,968	$18,180	12.1

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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