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Tupelo Public School District

Tupelo, Mississippi · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

7,192
Students enrolled
14
Public schools
555
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 322
  • Kindergarten 568
  • Grade 1 575
  • Grade 2 549
  • Grade 3 544
  • Grade 4 526
  • Grade 5 457
  • Grade 6 447
  • Grade 7 546
  • Grade 8 515
  • Grade 9 537
  • Grade 10 574
  • Grade 11 514
  • Grade 12 498
  • Ungraded 20

By race/ethnicity

  • Black or African American 53%
  • White 31%
  • Hispanic/Latino 10%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Asian 2%
  • 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

68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,855 of 7,192 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 58%
  • 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

$12,743 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,279
  • Support services $4,797
  • Other (food service, etc.) $666

Where the money comes from

  • Local 42%
  • State 41%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $109.7 milliontotal spending $104.7 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)

Town: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

1,092

District office

72 South Green Street, Tupelo MS 38804

County

Lee County

Official website

NCES District ID

2804320

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About Tupelo Public School District

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

This excellence is validated through seven National Blue Ribbon School recognitions, approximately 100 National Board Certified staff members and five Milken Award winners, and ACT Core Scores above the national average. For each of its 7500 Pre-K through Grade 12 students, the Tupelo Public School District provides an educational path lined with opportunities for learning success and excellence.
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