Charter agency · Hinds County
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate runs 1 public school with 547 students in grades K to 4. Its ratio of 21.0 students per teacher is 6.9 higher than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 547
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 21.0
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 787 E Northside Drive, Jackson, MS 39206
- Phone
- (769)524-5340
- County
- Hinds County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 4
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2800193
- State district ID
- MS-2505
- Total staff (FTE)
- 44
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district21.0
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 (516), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $2.3 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $5.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,899
- Salaries
- $2.8 million54.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 27.4%
- State: 39.9%
- Local: 32.8%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,899
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Joel E. Smilow Collegiate
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Smilow CollegiateCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 4 | 547 | 21.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hinds County
- Jackson Public Schools 17,429 students
- Clinton Public School District 5,148 students
- Hinds County School District 4,940 students
- Ambition Preparatory Charter School 563 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
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.