Regular local school district · Jones County
Jones County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Jones County School District runs 11 public schools with 8,693 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 8,693
- Teachers (FTE)
- 656
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5204 Highway 11 North, Ellisville, MS 39437
- Phone
- (601)649-5201
- County
- Jones County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802280
- State district ID
- MS-3400
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,230
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 543 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 26.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
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 (8,073), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $91.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.8 million
- State revenue
- $49.4 million
- Local revenue
- $25.5 million
- Total spending
- $81.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,044
- Salaries
- $43.8 million54.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.3%
- State: 53.9%
- Local: 27.8%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,044
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Jones County School District
By level: 4 high, 6 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East Jones Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 794 | 13.2 |
| Glade Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 423 | 12.1 |
| Jones Co Career & Technical Education Ctr | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Jones County Learning Center | Other | 3 to 12 | 0 | |
| Moselle Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 554 | 12.6 |
| North Jones Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 854 | 14.5 |
| Northeast Jones High School | High | 7 to 13 | 938 | 10.5 |
| South Jones Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 1,129 | 14.9 |
| South Jones High School | High | 7 to 13 | 1,300 | 13.5 |
| West Jones Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 1,114 | 14.5 |
| West Jones High School | High | 7 to 13 | 1,587 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jones County
- Laurel School District 2,620 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.