Regular local school district · Neshoba County
Neshoba County Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Neshoba County Schools runs 3 public schools with 2,972 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 2,972
- Teachers (FTE)
- 202
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 580 East Main Street, Philadelphia, MS 39350
- Phone
- (601)656-3752
- County
- Neshoba County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803060
- State district ID
- MS-5000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 436
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 743 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.7
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 (2,959), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $34.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.0 million
- State revenue
- $18.8 million
- Local revenue
- $6.4 million
- Total spending
- $33.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,205
- Salaries
- $16.0 million48.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 26.2%
- State: 55.0%
- Local: 18.8%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,205
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Neshoba County Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Neshoba Central Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 1,419 | 16.5 |
| Neshoba Central High School | High | 9 to 12 | 908 | 14.6 |
| Neshoba Central Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 645 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Neshoba County
- Philadelphia Public School District 757 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.