Regular local school district · Lauderdale County
Meridian Public Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Meridian Public Schools runs 11 public schools with 4,385 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,385
- Teachers (FTE)
- 357
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1019 25th Ave., Meridian, MS 39301
- Phone
- (601)483-6271
- County
- Lauderdale County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802910
- State district ID
- MS-3820
- Total staff (FTE)
- 776
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 274 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 29.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (4,940), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $62.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.6 million
- State revenue
- $25.0 million
- Local revenue
- $23.9 million
- Total spending
- $59.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,010
- Salaries
- $34.2 million57.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 21.8%
- State: 40.0%
- Local: 38.2%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,010
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Meridian Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carver Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 506 | 16.9 |
| Crestwood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 368 | 16.7 |
| Magnolia Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 440 | 13.3 |
| Marion Park Complex | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Meridian High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 13 | 1,253 | 11.1 |
| Meridian PreK Academy | Prekindergarten | PK | 142 | 12.9 |
| Northwest Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 484 | 12.7 |
| Parkview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 364 | 13.0 |
| Poplar Springs ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 405 | 15.0 |
| Ross Collins Voc Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| West Hills ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 423 | 15.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lauderdale County
- Lauderdale County School District 5,940 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.