District profile / Mississippi

South Panola School District

Batesville, Mississippi · Public school district · #25 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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4,220

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,780

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

South Panola School District is a public school district based in Batesville, Mississippi, serving 4,220 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #25 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 78% of them. Its schools average 603 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,780 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How South Panola compares

South PanolaMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,780

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

Instruction spending per student$5,538

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

Students per school603

Mississippi median 399 · 51% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor469

Mississippi median 382 · 23% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$50.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 27%State 48%Local 25%

Measure	South Panola	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,780	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,538	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$45.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$50.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	309	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	684	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	469	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
Meridian Public SchoolsMeridian	4,385	11	$11,242	12.3	#22
Pearl Public SchoolsPearl	4,258	5	$9,187	14.3	#23
Petal School DistrictPetal	4,253	5	$9,465	12.9	#24
South Panola School DistrictBatesville · this district	4,220	7	$9,780	13.7	#25
George County School DistrictLucedale	4,049	9	$9,172	13.9	#26

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Oregon Trail School District 46Sandy, OR	4,222	$11,331	20.4
Randolph Township School DistrictRandolph, NJ	4,219	$23,242	11.2
Willmar Public School DistrictWillmar, MN	4,218	$14,219	13.1
Clarendon 06Manning, SC	4,216	n/a	16.3

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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