Pearl Public Schools 鈥� Rankin County, MS: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

4,258

Students enrolled

5

Public schools

297

Classroom teachers (FTE)

14.3:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 122
Kindergarten 328
Grade 1 313
Grade 2 344
Grade 3 321
Grade 4 301
Grade 5 307
Grade 6 319
Grade 7 319
Grade 8 306
Grade 9 324
Grade 10 330
Grade 11 313
Grade 12 308
Grade 13 3

By race/ethnicity

White 43%
Black or African American 40%
Hispanic/Latino 11%
Two or more races 5%
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

66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,825 of 4,258 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 51%
Reduced-price lunch 15%

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

$10,941 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,486
Support services $3,805
Other (food service, etc.) $649

Where the money comes from

Local 34%
State 45%
Federal 21%

Total revenue $58.5 milliontotal spending $54.9 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)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

571

District office

3375 HIGHWAY 80 E, Pearl MS 39208

Phone

(601) 932-7921

County

Rankin County

Official website

NCES District ID

2803520

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About Pearl Public Schools

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

With a staff of approximately 500, Pearl Public School District takes pride in its efforts to provide a superior level of education to a diverse population of approximately 3,800 students. Throughout its history, Pearl's academic and extracurricular programs have received numerous accolades. One of its finest was receiving the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2005. Two of the district's schools, Northside Elementary School and Pearl High School, have been recognized as National Blue Ribbon Schools by the United States Department of Education. Approximately 20 percent of the certified staff is National Board Certified.

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