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Pontotoc County School District

Pontotoc County School District in Mississippi: 9 public schools with 3,465 students and 13.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $10,288 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 9
Students: 3,465
Students per teacher: 13.5; MS 13.4 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $10,288; 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): 256
Counselors (FTE): 9.0
Students per counselor: 385; MS 360 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 4.0

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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$7.4K15

$7.4K16

$7.1K17

$7.4K18

$7.5K19

$8.1K20

$8.5K21

$9.4K22

$10.4K23

$10.3K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 20% · $8.5M
State: 61% · $25.8M
Local: 19% · $8.3M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $6,576
Support services: $3,153
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $5.9M
Long-term debt: $3.8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 3High schools: 4

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
North Pontotoc Elementary School	K–4	762	16.3	Ecru
South Pontotoc Elementary School	K–5	776	14.5	Pontotoc
North Pontotoc Middle School	7–8	308	14.2	Ecru
North Pontotoc Upper Elem	5–6	297	15.0	Ecru
South Pontotoc Middle School	6–8	379	13.0	Pontotoc
North Pontotoc High School	9–13	488	11.3	Ecru
Pontotoc Co Alternative ProgramAlternative	5–12	0	—	Pontotoc
Pontotoc Ridge Career & Tech. Cnt.Career and technical	9–12	0	—	Pontotoc
South Pontotoc High School	9–12	455	12.3	Pontotoc

Sources

Address: 354 Center Ridge Drive, Pontotoc, MS 38863
Phone: (662)489-3932

Website

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).