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Tunica School District

Tunica, Mississippi · Public school district · #91 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,598

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,887

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 28% above the Mississippi median

12.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Tunica School District is a public school district based in Tunica, Mississippi, serving 1,598 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #91 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 17% of them. Its schools average 228 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $12,887 per student on day-to-day operations, 28% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 12.2 students per teacher.

How Tunica compares

TunicaMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,887

Mississippi median $10,034 · 28% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,344

Mississippi median $5,828 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school228

Mississippi median 399 · 43% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.2

Mississippi median 13.3 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor533

Mississippi median 382 · 40% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 33%Local 48%

Measure	Tunica	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,887	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,344	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	131	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	328	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	533	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
Columbia School DistrictColumbia	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87
Forest Municipal School DistrictForest	1,638	3	$9,248	15.5	#88
Greene County SchoolsLeakesville	1,621	6	$10,376	13.6	#89
Moss Point School DistrictMoss Point	1,611	6	$16,792	12.3	#90
Tunica School DistrictTunica · this district	1,598	7	$12,887	12.2	#91

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
York Public SchoolsYork, NE	1,598	$12,016	16.6
Haleyville CityHaleyville, AL	1,597	$10,594	14.9
Tuscumbia CityTuscumbia, AL	1,597	$10,850	15.1
Rochelle CCSD 231Rochelle, IL	1,597	$13,301	13.6

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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