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Laurel School District

Laurel, Mississippi · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,620
Students enrolled
8
Public schools
164
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 92
  • Kindergarten 227
  • Grade 1 201
  • Grade 2 201
  • Grade 3 238
  • Grade 4 204
  • Grade 5 175
  • Grade 6 162
  • Grade 7 209
  • Grade 8 177
  • Grade 9 182
  • Grade 10 193
  • Grade 11 181
  • Grade 12 176
  • Ungraded 2

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 81%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • White 2%
  • 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

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,619 of 2,620 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

$12,464 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,262
  • Support services $5,257
  • Other (food service, etc.) $945

Where the money comes from

  • Local 32%
  • State 31%
  • Federal 37%

Total revenue $52.8 milliontotal spending $44.6 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 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 85% town, 15% rural

Total staff (FTE)

379

District office

303 West 8th Street, Laurel MS 39440

County

Jones County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802460

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About Laurel School District

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

The mission of the Laurel School District is to build a community of life-long learners by providing diverse educational opportunities. The vision of the Laurel School District shall be to provide measurable and continued student achievement, and staff accountability, within a safe and healthy environment at suitable and well maintained facilities that insures all children are lifelong learners upon graduation from the Laurel School District.
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