District profile / Mississippi

Tishomingo County School District

Iuka, Mississippi · Public school district · #45 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,844

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,073

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

11.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Tishomingo County School District is a public school district based in Iuka, Mississippi, serving 2,844 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #45 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 59% of them. Its schools average 356 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,073 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.9 students per teacher.

How Tishomingo County compares

Tishomingo CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,073

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

Instruction spending per student$6,041

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

Students per school356

Mississippi median 399 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor284

Mississippi median 382 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$32.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 52%Local 28%

Measure	Tishomingo County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,073	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,041	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$31.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$32.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	239	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	472	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	284	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
Long Beach School DistrictLong Beach	2,874	5	$9,632	13.7	#43
Lafayette CountyOxford	2,854	5	$10,476	13.2	#44
Tishomingo County School DistrictIuka · this district	2,844	8	$10,073	11.9	#45
Sunflower County Consolidated School DistrictIndianola	2,807	13	$11,159	13.2	#46
Simpson County School DistrictMendenhall	2,797	8	$10,008	14.5	#47

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
WatertownWatertown, MA	2,844	$25,816	10.3
WestwoodWestwood, MA	2,842	$22,307	12.5
La Feria ISDLa Feria, TX	2,842	$11,726	14.1
Steubenville CitySteubenville, OH	2,841	$10,686	17.0

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-tishomingo-county-school-district