School district · Mississippi
Sunflower County Consolidated School District
Sunflower County Consolidated School District in Mississippi: 13 public schools with 2,807 students and 13.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,099 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 2,807
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- MS 13.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,099
- 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)
- 214
- Counselors (FTE)
- 12.0
- Students per counselor
- 234
- MS 360 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- —
- Librarians (FTE): 7.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Mississippi's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Mississippi: 47%33%proficient
−2.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 72% of school districts in Mississippi
Median 40% · 146 school districts compared
1,106 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Mississippi: 52%39%proficient
−8.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 64% of school districts in Mississippi
Median 45% · 147 school districts compared
1,103 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAAP; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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.
- Federal
- 44% · $28.8M
- State
- 30% · $19.6M
- Local
- 27% · $17.8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,828
- Support services
- $6,353
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $37.7M
- Long-term debt
- $30M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rosser Early Learning CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K | 79 | 19.8 | — | — |
A.W. James ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 219 | 12.7 | 35% | 49% |
Lockard Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–3 | 393 | 17.1 | 60% | 69% |
Moorhead Central SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 245 | 13.4 | 22% | 14% |
Ruleville Central ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 271 | 14.8 | 28% | 20% |
Carver ElementaryFree meals for all | 4–6 | 250 | 13.0 | 36% | 43% |
Drew Hunter MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 82 | 12.9 | 26% | 51% |
Robert L Merritt Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–9 | 341 | 13.2 | 29% | 39% |
Ruleville Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 131 | 11.2 | 33% | 51% |
Gentry High SchoolFree meals for all | 10–12 | 465 | 13.2 | — | — |
Indianola Career & Tech CenterCareer and technical | 10–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 331 | 11.0 | — | — |
Indianola Academic AchievementAlternative | K–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 196 Martin Luther King Drive, Indianola, MS 38751
- Phone
- (662)887-5501
- 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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.