Regular local school district · Jones County
Laurel School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Laurel School District runs 8 public schools with 2,620 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is 2.0 higher than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,620
- Teachers (FTE)
- 163
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 303 West 8th Street, Laurel, MS 39440
- Phone
- (601)649-6391
- County
- Jones County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802460
- State district ID
- MS-3420
- Total staff (FTE)
- 379
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 524 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (2,833), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $40.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.8 million
- State revenue
- $15.0 million
- Local revenue
- $17.3 million
- Total spending
- $31.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,001
- Salaries
- $16.7 million53.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $20.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.4%
- State: 37.5%
- Local: 43.2%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,001
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Laurel School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Laurel Education Center | Other | 4 to 12 | 0 | |
| Laurel High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 732 | 17.4 |
| Laurel High School Voc Complex | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Laurel Magnet School Of The ArtsCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 323 | 16.1 |
| Laurel Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 388 | 16.9 |
| Laurel Upper ElementaryCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 253 | 14.1 |
| Nora Davis ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 519 | 14.8 |
| Oak Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 405 | 19.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jones County
- Jones County School District 8,693 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.