Regular local school district · Benton County
Benton County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Benton County School District runs 4 public schools with 909 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 3.3 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 909
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 231 Court Street, Ashland, MS 38603
- Phone
- (662)224-6252
- County
- Benton County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2800600
- State district ID
- MS-0500
- Total staff (FTE)
- 188
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 455 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (954), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.9 million
- State revenue
- $6.4 million
- Local revenue
- $2.1 million
- Total spending
- $12.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,659
- Salaries
- $6.4 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 31.4%
- State: 51.7%
- Local: 16.9%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,659
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Benton County School District
By level: 2 high, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ashland Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 262 | 14.6 |
| Ashland High School | High | 7 to 12 | 212 | 10.6 |
| Benton Co Regional Vocational Cen | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Hickory Flat Att Center | Other | K to 12 | 435 | 9.7 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.