Meridian Public Schools 鈥� Lauderdale County, MS

Key statistics

4,385

Students enrolled

11

Public schools

358

Classroom teachers (FTE)

12.3:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 143
Kindergarten 301
Grade 1 362
Grade 2 364
Grade 3 368
Grade 4 313
Grade 5 357
Grade 6 246
Grade 7 298
Grade 8 380
Grade 9 273
Grade 10 347
Grade 11 313
Grade 12 318
Grade 13 2

By race/ethnicity

Black or African American 91%
Hispanic/Latino 4%
White 2%
Two or more races 2%
Asian <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

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,376 of 4,385 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

$14,452 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $7,618
Support services $5,874
Other (food service, etc.) $960

Where the money comes from

Local 30%
State 34%
Federal 37%

Total revenue $85.1 milliontotal spending $87.6 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)

Town: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

777

District office

1019 25th Ave., Meridian MS 39301

Phone

(601) 483-6271

County

Lauderdale County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802910

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About Meridian Public Schools

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The Meridian Public School District has a rich history of people, facilities and events.The talent of the administrators to project the vision, the ability of the teachers and staff to make it happen in the classrooms, and the willingness of the citizens to support the schools through both finances and personal support combine to make the district's efforts at educating children successful. The Meridian Public School District has over 6,000 students in grades K-12 with more than 550 certified staff and about 500 classified staff. We are located in Meridian, MS.

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