District profile / Mississippi

Smith County School District

Raleigh, Mississippi · Public school district · #53 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,538

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,059

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 10% below the Mississippi median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Smith County School District is a public school district based in Raleigh, Mississippi, serving 2,538 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #53 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 423 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,059 per student on day-to-day operations, 10% less than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Smith County compares

Smith CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,059

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

Instruction spending per student$5,359

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

Students per school423

Mississippi median 399 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor508

Mississippi median 382 · 33% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 55%Local 26%

Measure	Smith County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,059	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,359	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	185	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	349	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	508	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
Natchez-Adams School DistrictNatchez	2,554	8	$13,114	13.1	#52
Smith County School DistrictRaleigh · this district	2,538	6	$9,059	13.7	#53
Stone County School DistrictWiggins	2,532	5	$9,729	14.6	#54
West Point Consolidated School DistrictWest Point	2,528	8	$10,264	12.3	#55
Covington County School DistrictCollins	2,492	9	$10,589	11.5	#56

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Rocky Hill School DistrictRocky Hill, CT	2,539	$20,834	11.6
Wiseburn UnifiedEl Segundo, CA	2,538	$12,185	25.6
LakelandLakeland, TN	2,538	$9,431	n/a
Bowling Green City School DistrictBowling Green, OH	2,537	$11,964	15.9

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-smith-county-school-district