Lauderdale County School District 鈥� Meridian, MS

Key statistics

5,940

Students enrolled

11

Public schools

452

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 182
Kindergarten 425
Grade 1 480
Grade 2 461
Grade 3 466
Grade 4 427
Grade 5 424
Grade 6 410
Grade 7 455
Grade 8 426
Grade 9 467
Grade 10 422
Grade 11 437
Grade 12 453
Grade 13 5

By race/ethnicity

White 59%
Black or African American 32%
Two or more races 5%
Hispanic/Latino 4%
Asian <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <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

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,372 of 5,940 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 48%
Reduced-price lunch 8%

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

$11,068 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,832
Support services $3,768
Other (food service, etc.) $468

Where the money comes from

Local 29%
State 56%
Federal 15%

Total revenue $72.1 milliontotal spending $73.4 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: 88% rural, 12% town

Total staff (FTE)

857

District office

301 46th Court, Meridian MS 39305

Phone

(601) 639-1683

County

Lauderdale County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802430

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