Regular local school district · Monroe County
Monroe County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Monroe County School District runs 5 public schools with 2,002 students in grades K to 13. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is 2.8 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,002
- Teachers (FTE)
- 177
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1619 HIGHWAY 25 NORTH P. O. Box 209, Amory, MS 38821
- Phone
- (662)257-2181
- County
- Monroe County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2802940
- State district ID
- MS-4800
- Total staff (FTE)
- 333
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 501 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
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 (2,095), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $22.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.1 million
- State revenue
- $12.8 million
- Local revenue
- $5.7 million
- Total spending
- $22.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,924
- Salaries
- $12.4 million54.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.0%
- State: 56.8%
- Local: 25.1%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,924
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Monroe County School District
By level: 2 high, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hamilton School | Other | K to 13 | 557 | 11.6 |
| Hatley School | Other | K to 12 | 905 | 11.6 |
| Monroe Co Advanced Learning Center | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| Monroe Co Voc Tech | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| Smithville School | Other | K to 12 | 540 | 11.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Monroe County
- Amory School District 1,461 students
- Aberdeen School District 924 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.