Pontotoc City School District 鈥� Pontotoc County, MS

Key statistics

2,400

Students enrolled

5

Public schools

185

Classroom teachers (FTE)

13.0:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 39
Kindergarten 224
Grade 1 172
Grade 2 216
Grade 3 184
Grade 4 170
Grade 5 162
Grade 6 154
Grade 7 184
Grade 8 177
Grade 9 184
Grade 10 210
Grade 11 171
Grade 12 145
Grade 13 1
Ungraded 7

By race/ethnicity

White 48%
Black or African American 26%
Hispanic/Latino 21%
Two or more races 5%
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

72% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,729 of 2,400 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 62%
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

$10,562 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,667
Support services $3,291
Other (food service, etc.) $604

Where the money comes from

Local 20%
State 61%
Federal 19%

Total revenue $28.1 milliontotal spending $26.2 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: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

316

District office

140 Education Drive, Pontotoc MS 38863

Phone

(662) 489-3336

County

Pontotoc County

Official website

NCES District ID

2803690

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About Pontotoc City School District

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

Pontotoc City School District is no exception. As an educational leader for the state, Pontotoc City Schools are 鈥渞eaching a higher level of learning鈥� for all our students. PCSD is a High Performing school district that serves the twenty-three hundred students who reside both in the Pontotoc city limits and the immediate surrounding area. Our students excel in a variety of areas, including top scores on state assessments, competitive music and athletic programs, and service to our community. It is the quality of educational services, as well as adult role models in our community, that instill a sense of community in all we do.

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