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Jones County School District

Ellisville, Mississippi · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

8,693
Students enrolled
11
Public schools
657
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.2:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 317
  • Kindergarten 627
  • Grade 1 682
  • Grade 2 638
  • Grade 3 659
  • Grade 4 677
  • Grade 5 626
  • Grade 6 642
  • Grade 7 636
  • Grade 8 668
  • Grade 9 634
  • Grade 10 666
  • Grade 11 574
  • Grade 12 639
  • Grade 13 8

By race/ethnicity

  • White 61%
  • Black or African American 20%
  • Hispanic/Latino 15%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Asian <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

69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 6,018 of 8,693 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 60%
  • Reduced-price lunch 10%

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

$10,265 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,695
  • Support services $2,960
  • Other (food service, etc.) $610

Where the money comes from

  • Local 27%
  • State 52%
  • Federal 21%

Total revenue $112.0 milliontotal spending $103.8 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)

Rural: DistantStudents: 72% rural, 28% town

Total staff (FTE)

1,231

District office

5204 Highway 11 North, Ellisville MS 39437

County

Jones County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802280

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About Jones County School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Education is about unleashing the possibilities for students through expanding their special skills and talents, while guiding their learning according to high expectations and standards. It is also abot instructing our childre of basic moral values and beliefs as characterized by the Jones County School District Mission Statement. We are dedicated to the continuing effort of providing the best education for our students and invite you to join us in this endeavor.
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