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South Tippah School District

Ripley, Mississippi · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,403
Students enrolled
6
Public schools
195
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 67
  • Kindergarten 208
  • Grade 1 210
  • Grade 2 163
  • Grade 3 181
  • Grade 4 171
  • Grade 5 168
  • Grade 6 180
  • Grade 7 166
  • Grade 8 185
  • Grade 9 204
  • Grade 10 174
  • Grade 11 180
  • Grade 12 146

By race/ethnicity

  • White 59%
  • Black or African American 18%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Asian <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

80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,927 of 2,403 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 69%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

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

$11,481 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,981
  • Support services $3,863
  • Other (food service, etc.) $637

Where the money comes from

  • Local 21%
  • State 64%
  • Federal 15%

Total revenue $30.4 milliontotal spending $29.9 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 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

379

District office

402 Greenlee Street, Ripley MS 38663

County

Tippah County

Official website

NCES District ID

2804110

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