Regular local school district · Hinds County
Jackson Public Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Jackson Public Schools runs 41 public schools with 17,429 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 41
- Students
- 17,429
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,250
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 662 South President Street, Jackson, MS 39201
- Phone
- (601)960-8700
- County
- Hinds County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802190
- State district ID
- MS-2520
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,121
- School counselors (FTE)
- 79.0About 221 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 121.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (20,401), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $264.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $54.0 million
- State revenue
- $110.5 million
- Local revenue
- $100.3 million
- Total spending
- $271.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,326
- Salaries
- $137.9 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $182.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.4%
- State: 41.7%
- Local: 37.9%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,326
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Jackson Public Schools
By level: 7 high, 7 middle, 23 elementary, 3 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bailey APAC Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 318 | 11.8 |
| Barack Obama Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 242 | 17.3 |
| Bates Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 482 | 18.5 |
| Blackburn Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 317 | 7.4 |
| Boyd Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 424 | 16.3 |
| Callaway High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 13 | 994 | 14.0 |
| Capital City Alternative School | Other | 4 to 12 | 0 | |
| Cardozo Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 531 | 10.6 |
| Career Academic Placement Program | Other | 1 to 12 | 0 | |
| Career Development Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Casey Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 308 | 18.1 |
| Clausell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 231 | 14.4 |
| Forest Hill High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 13 | 1,139 | 13.9 |
| Galloway Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 296 | 14.8 |
| Green Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 365 | 17.4 |
| Isable Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 244 | 17.4 |
| Jim Hill High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 975 | 11.5 |
| John Hopkins Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 497 | 17.8 |
| Johnson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 444 | 16.4 |
| Key Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 259 | 16.2 |
| Kirksey Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 389 | 13.0 |
| Lanier Junior/Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 895 | 11.0 |
| McLeod Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 343 | 17.1 |
| McWillie Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 414 | 15.9 |
| Morrison Academic Advancement Ctr | Elementary | 1 to 7 | 0 | |
| Murrah High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 13 | 1,259 | 15.9 |
| North Jackson Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 346 | 16.5 |
| Northwest Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 242 | 10.5 |
| Oak Forest Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 436 | 19.0 |
| Pecan Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 510 | 17.0 |
| Peeples Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 541 | 11.8 |
| Powell Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 704 | 12.6 |
| Provine High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 791 | 10.7 |
| Shirley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | ||
| Spann Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 433 | 17.3 |
| Timberlawn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 295 | 15.5 |
| Van Winkle Elementary SchoolCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 275 | 16.2 |
| Walton Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 457 | 16.9 |
| Wells APAC Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 40 | 6.7 |
| Wilkins Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 434 | 21.7 |
| Youth Court School | Other | 1 to 12 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hinds County
- Clinton Public School District 5,148 students
- Hinds County School District 4,940 students
- Ambition Preparatory Charter School 563 students
- Joel E. Smilow Collegiate 547 students
- Joel E. Smilow Prep 521 students
- Reimagine Prep 457 students
- Midtown Public Charter School 420 students
- Revive 367 students
- Middle Schools For The Blind And Deaf 109 students
- MDHS Division Of Youth Services 33 students
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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.