Rankin County School District 鈥� Brandon, MS: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

18,196

Students enrolled

28

Public schools

1,403

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 381
Kindergarten 1,219
Grade 1 1,313
Grade 2 1,330
Grade 3 1,339
Grade 4 1,303
Grade 5 1,335
Grade 6 1,306
Grade 7 1,451
Grade 8 1,449
Grade 9 1,462
Grade 10 1,533
Grade 11 1,508
Grade 12 1,267

By race/ethnicity

White 61%
Black or African American 27%
Two or more races 5%
Hispanic/Latino 5%
Asian 2%
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

46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 8,291 of 18,196 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 36%
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

$11,987 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $7,266
Support services $4,121
Other (food service, etc.) $600

Where the money comes from

Local 43%
State 46%
Federal 11%

Total revenue $263.0 milliontotal spending $247.1 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 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 54% rural, 46% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

2,626

District office

1220 Apple Park Place, Brandon MS 39042

Phone

(601) 825-5590

County

Rankin County

Official website

NCES District ID

2803830

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About Rankin County School District

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With experience as a teacher, an assistant principal, and superintendent and as a parent and grandparent, he has the ability to understand the needs of a wide variety of audiences served by the school district. RCSD is the largest employer in Rankin County with almost 3,000 employees. The 18,800+ students who attend our 27 schools excel due to a dedicated faculty and staff who provide excellent leadership in the classroom. Our educators work hard to provide an outstanding education to our community's future leaders.

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