District profile / Mississippi

Tate County School District

Coldwater, Mississippi · Public school district · #71 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,004

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,006

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Tate County School District is a public school district based in Coldwater, Mississippi, serving 2,004 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #71 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 35% of them. Its schools average 334 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,006 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.3 students per teacher.

How Tate County compares

Tate CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,006

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

Instruction spending per student$5,247

Mississippi median $5,828 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Students per school334

Mississippi median 399 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.3

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor334

Mississippi median 382 · 13% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$23.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 53%Local 27%

Measure	Tate County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,006	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,247	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$22.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$23.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	151	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	293	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	334	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
Tate County School DistrictColdwater · this district	2,004	6	$10,006	13.3	#71
Monroe County School DistrictAmory	2,002	5	$9,606	11.3	#72
Calhoun County School DistrictPittsboro	1,989	6	$9,871	11.1	#73
Kosciusko School DistrictKosciusko	1,973	6	$10,383	13.9	#74
Poplarville School DistrictPoplarville	1,969	5	$10,309	14.4	#75

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Annandale Public School DistrictAnnandale, MN	2,006	$11,970	17.6
East Grand Forks Public SchoolsEast Grand Forks, MN	2,005	$11,371	16.4
San Bruno Park ElementarySan Bruno, CA	2,003	$12,725	23.0
Owego-Apalachin Central School DistrictOwego, NY	2,003	$21,781	14.3

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-tate-county-school-district