District profile / Mississippi

Rankin County School District

Brandon, Mississippi · Public school district · #2 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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18,196

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,860

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Rankin County School District is a public school district based in Brandon, Mississippi, serving 18,196 students in 28 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 650 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,860 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Rankin County compares

Rankin CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,860

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

Instruction spending per student$6,013

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

Students per school650

Mississippi median 399 · 63% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor337

Mississippi median 382 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$221.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 43%Local 44%

Measure	Rankin County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,860	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,013	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$251.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$221.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,402	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,626	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	337	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
Rankin County School DistrictBrandon · this district	18,196	28	$9,860	13.0	#2
Jackson Public SchoolsJackson	17,429	41	$11,220	13.9	#3
Harrison County School DistrictGulfport	14,253	24	$9,935	15.3	#4
Madison County SchoolsRidgeland	12,926	23	$10,368	12.0	#5
Lamar County School DistrictPurvis	10,318	17	$9,312	13.3	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kenosha School DistrictKenosha, WI	18,315	$14,162	14.7
Auburn School DistrictAuburn, WA	18,174	$15,919	17.3
Vista UnifiedVista, CA	18,112	$13,817	20.7
Highline School DistrictBurien, WA	18,072	$17,087	17.9

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-rankin-county-school-district