District profile / Mississippi

Prentiss County School District

Booneville, Mississippi · Public school district · #65 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,176

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,968

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

10.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Prentiss County School District is a public school district based in Booneville, Mississippi, serving 2,176 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #65 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 41% of them. Its schools average 311 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,968 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.1 students per teacher.

How Prentiss County compares

Prentiss CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,968

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

Instruction spending per student$6,280

Mississippi median $5,828 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school311

Mississippi median 399 · 22% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.1

Mississippi median 13.3 · 24% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor725

Mississippi median 382 · 90% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 60%Local 20%

Measure	Prentiss County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,968	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,280	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	215	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	351	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	725	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
Chickasaw County School DistrictHouston	2,197	7	n/a	12.3	#64
Prentiss County School DistrictBooneville · this district	2,176	7	$9,968	10.1	#65
New Albany Public SchoolsNew Albany	2,149	5	$9,718	14.2	#66
North Pike SchoolsSummit	2,135	5	$9,541	13.9	#67
Forrest County School DistrictHattiesburg	2,124	6	$11,850	11.7	#68

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
LynnfieldLynnfield, MA	2,178	$18,851	12.8
Bear Valley UnifiedBig Bear Lake, CA	2,176	$13,203	21.5
Zion ESD 6Zion, IL	2,176	$29,833	13.9
Rochester School DistrictRochester, WA	2,175	$14,735	18.9

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-prentiss-county-school-district