District profile / Mississippi

South Tippah School District

Ripley, Mississippi · Public school district · #60 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,403

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,155

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

South Tippah School District is a public school district based in Ripley, Mississippi, serving 2,403 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #60 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 45% of them. Its schools average 400 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,155 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.3 students per teacher.

How South Tippah compares

South TippahMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,155

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

Instruction spending per student$6,062

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

Students per school400

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.3

Mississippi median 13.3 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor400

Mississippi median 382 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 60%Local 21%

Measure	South Tippah	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,155	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,062	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	195	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	379	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	400	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
Louisville Municipal School DistrictLouisville	2,413	7	$9,875	14.4	#58
Leake County School DistrictCarthage	2,408	6	$9,767	13.9	#59
South Tippah School DistrictRipley · this district	2,403	6	$10,155	12.3	#60
Corinth School DistrictCorinth	2,400	3	$8,725	14.6	#61
Pontotoc City School DistrictPontotoc	2,400	5	$9,354	13.0	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Taft CityTaft, CA	2,404	$13,371	21.3
Ansonia School DistrictAnsonia, CT	2,404	$18,751	14.5
Weatherford Public SchoolsWeatherford, OK	2,404	$9,126	16.6
Logan-Rogersville R-VIIIRogersville, MO	2,402	$10,118	13.8

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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