Regular local school district · Copiah County
Hazlehurst City School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Hazlehurst City School District runs 3 public schools with 1,320 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,320
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 119 Robert McDaniel Drive, Hazlehurst, MS 39083
- Phone
- (601)894-3170
- County
- Copiah County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2801830
- State district ID
- MS-1520
- Total staff (FTE)
- 191
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
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 (1,453), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $16.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.5 million
- State revenue
- $7.2 million
- Local revenue
- $5.5 million
- Total spending
- $15.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,557
- Salaries
- $8.2 million53.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 21.6%
- State: 44.6%
- Local: 33.8%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,557
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Hazlehurst City School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hazlehurst Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 643 | 17.9 |
| Hazlehurst High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 13 | 385 | 12.8 |
| Hazlehurst Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 292 | 15.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Copiah County
- Copiah County School District 2,077 students
More in Mississippi
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.