Regular local school district · Lee County
Lee County Public Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Lee County Public Schools runs 15 public schools with 6,343 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.Listed in NCES data as "Lee County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 6,343
- Teachers (FTE)
- 507
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1280 College View Drive, Tupelo, MS 38804
- Phone
- (662)680-6012
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802550
- State district ID
- MS-4100
- Total staff (FTE)
- 985
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 302 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
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 (6,389), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $71.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.2 million
- State revenue
- $36.6 million
- Local revenue
- $24.0 million
- Total spending
- $72.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,365
- Salaries
- $37.5 million51.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $31.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.7%
- State: 51.0%
- Local: 33.4%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,365
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Lee County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Guntown Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 674 | 12.3 |
| Lee Co. Career & Technical School | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Lee Co. Schools Improvement Center | Other | 4 to 12 | 0 | |
| Mooreville Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 722 | 14.7 |
| Mooreville High School | High | 9 to 13 | 445 | 11.7 |
| Mooreville Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 333 | 12.3 |
| Plantersville Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 241 | 10.0 |
| Saltillo Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 696 | 13.9 |
| Saltillo High School | High | 9 to 13 | 939 | 14.0 |
| Saltillo Primary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 704 | 15.6 |
| Shannon Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 257 | 12.8 |
| Shannon High School | High | 9 to 13 | 529 | 10.4 |
| Shannon Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 190 | 9.5 |
| Shannon Primary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 249 | 12.4 |
| Verona Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 364 | 12.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lee County
- Tupelo Public School District 7,192 students
- Nettleton School District 994 students
- Baldwyn School District 739 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.