Hattiesburg School District 鈥� Forrest County, MS

Key statistics

3,918

Students enrolled

9

Public schools

298

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.1:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 151
Kindergarten 387
Grade 1 359
Grade 2 352
Grade 3 313
Grade 4 294
Grade 5 260
Grade 6 263
Grade 7 226
Grade 8 288
Grade 9 248
Grade 10 266
Grade 11 245
Grade 12 250
Grade 13 5
Ungraded 11

By race/ethnicity

Black or African American 79%
Hispanic/Latino 11%
Two or more races 7%
White 3%
Asian <1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,914 of 3,918 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 100%
Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,267 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $7,911
Support services $5,459
Other (food service, etc.) $897

Where the money comes from

Local 35%
State 31%
Federal 34%

Total revenue $77.7 milliontotal spending $73.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 13

Locale (NCES)

City: Small

Total staff (FTE)

571

District office

301 Mamie St, Hattiesburg MS 39401

Phone

(601) 582-5078

County

Forrest County

Official website

NCES District ID

2801800

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About Hattiesburg

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The Hattiesburg Public School District is a model teaching and learning community that graduates productive and caring citizens who are prepared to succeed. The mission of the Hattiesburg Public School District is to educate all students to become productive citizens of a dynamic, global community.