Petal School District 鈥� Forrest County, MS: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

4,253

Students enrolled

5

Public schools

329

Classroom teachers (FTE)

12.9:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 81
Kindergarten 313
Grade 1 320
Grade 2 302
Grade 3 324
Grade 4 312
Grade 5 311
Grade 6 321
Grade 7 343
Grade 8 302
Grade 9 348
Grade 10 357
Grade 11 356
Grade 12 260
Grade 13 3

By race/ethnicity

White 68%
Black or African American 18%
Hispanic/Latino 9%
Two or more races 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

59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,515 of 4,253 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 49%
Reduced-price lunch 10%

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

$11,074 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,237
Support services $3,937
Other (food service, etc.) $900

Where the money comes from

Local 29%
State 56%
Federal 15%

Total revenue $56.2 milliontotal spending $53.4 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)

Suburb: SmallStudents: 76% suburb, 24% rural

Total staff (FTE)

695

District office

103 E. Central Ave., Petal MS 39465

Phone

(601) 545-3002

County

Forrest County

Official website

NCES District ID

2803530

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About Petal School District

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

The Petal School District is currently soliciting applications for Shared Decision Making Council Members. The Petal School District Strategic Plan provides for a Shared Decision Making Council at the District level and one at each school level. These councils are comprised of parents, students, teachers, support staff, at-large community representatives, and administrators. The purpose of the council is to provide input into the decision-making process.

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