School district · Mississippi
Laurel School District
Laurel School District in Mississippi: 8 public schools with 2,620 students and 16.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,464 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,620
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- MS 13.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,464
- MS $12.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 164
- Counselors (FTE)
- 5.0
- Students per counselor
- 524
- MS 360 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- —
- Librarians (FTE): 3.5
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$9.5K15
$9.5K16
$9.8K17
$9.5K18
$9.8K19
$10.5K20
$9.9K21
$10.6K22
$12.2K23
$12.5K24
- Federal
- 37% · $19.6M
- State
- 31% · $16.2M
- Local
- 32% · $17M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,262
- Support services
- $5,257
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $11M
- Long-term debt
- $17.5M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 2High schools: 2Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Laurel Magnet School Of The ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 323 | 15.9 |
Nora Davis ElementaryFree meals for all | 2–4 | 519 | 14.6 |
Oak Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 405 | 19.2 |
Laurel Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 388 | 16.6 |
Laurel Upper ElementaryFree meals for all | 5–6 | 253 | 13.9 |
Laurel High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 732 | 17.2 |
Laurel High School Voc ComplexCareer and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — |
Laurel Education CenterAlternative | 4–12 | 0 | — |
Sources
- Address
- 303 West 8th Street, Laurel, MS 39440
- Phone
- (601)649-6391
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).