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Lee County

Tupelo, Mississippi · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

6,343
Students enrolled
15
Public schools
507
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.5:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 137
  • Kindergarten 449
  • Grade 1 483
  • Grade 2 482
  • Grade 3 524
  • Grade 4 499
  • Grade 5 481
  • Grade 6 435
  • Grade 7 465
  • Grade 8 475
  • Grade 9 514
  • Grade 10 492
  • Grade 11 470
  • Grade 12 432
  • Grade 13 5

By race/ethnicity

  • White 61%
  • Black or African American 29%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • 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

61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,899 of 6,343 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 53%
  • Reduced-price lunch 9%

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

$11,326 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,146
  • Support services $3,606
  • Other (food service, etc.) $575

Where the money comes from

  • Local 32%
  • State 52%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $85.2 milliontotal spending $78.9 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: 94% rural, 6% town

Total staff (FTE)

986

District office

1280 College View Drive, Tupelo MS 38804

County

Lee County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802550

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About Lee County

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

The Lee County School District consists of twelve schools that serve kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools are located in Guntown, Mooreville, Plantersville, Saltillo, Shannon, and Verona. Over 6800 students are currently enrolled in all programs offered throughout the district which employs over 850 certified and non-certified people.
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