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Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District

Starkville, Mississippi · Public school district · #20 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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4,880

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,677

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% above the Mississippi median

12.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District is a public school district based in Starkville, Mississippi, serving 4,880 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #20 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 82% of them. Its schools average 542 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,677 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 12.6 students per teacher.

How Starkville Oktibbeha compares

Starkville OktibbehaMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,677

Mississippi median $10,034 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,079

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

Students per school542

Mississippi median 399 · 36% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor325

Mississippi median 382 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$68.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 38%Local 45%

Measure	Starkville Oktibbeha	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,677	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,079	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$62.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$68.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	386	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	830	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	325	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
Lowndes County School DistrictColumbus	5,261	10	$9,644	13.0	#17
Clinton Public School DistrictClinton	5,148	9	$8,215	14.4	#18
Hinds County School DistrictRaymond	4,940	10	$9,120	14.6	#19
Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School DistrictStarkville · this district	4,880	9	$10,677	12.6	#20
Oxford School DistrictOxford	4,763	7	$9,911	13.9	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bremen CHSD 228Midlothian, IL	4,885	$18,422	16.4
Nazareth Area School DistrictNazareth, PA	4,885	$16,590	14.3
CumberlandCumberland, RI	4,881	$15,061	13.5
Stanwood-Camano School DistrictStanwood, WA	4,880	$15,572	19.4

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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