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Tupelo Public School District

Tupelo, Mississippi · Public school district · #9 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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7,192

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,586

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% above the Mississippi median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Tupelo Public School District is a public school district based in Tupelo, Mississippi, serving 7,192 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #9 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 514 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,586 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Tupelo compares

TupeloMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,586

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

Instruction spending per student$6,147

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

Students per school514

Mississippi median 399 · 29% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor342

Mississippi median 382 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$89.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 40%Local 45%

Measure	Tupelo	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,586	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,147	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$82.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$89.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	555	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,092	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	342	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
Jones County School DistrictEllisville	8,693	11	$8,766	13.3	#8
Tupelo Public School DistrictTupelo · this district	7,192	14	$10,586	13.0	#9
Vicksburg Warren School DistrictVicksburg	6,610	15	$10,650	13.7	#10
Pascagoula-Gautier School DistrictPascagoula	6,579	19	$13,933	11.7	#11
Lee CountyTupelo	6,343	15	$9,610	12.5	#12

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Manhattan-OgdenManhattan, KS	7,204	$12,254	13.2
Phenix CityPhenix City, AL	7,198	$10,071	17.0
Franklin Pierce School DistrictTacoma, WA	7,187	$16,179	16.2
Clark-Pleasant Community School CorporationWhiteland, IN	7,179	$9,086	16.2

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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