Regular local school district · Lee County
Nettleton School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Nettleton School District runs 4 public schools with 994 students in grades K to 13. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 994
- Teachers (FTE)
- 77
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 179 Mullen Avenue, Nettleton, MS 38858
- Phone
- (662)963-2151
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803090
- State district ID
- MS-4111
- Total staff (FTE)
- 151
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 331 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (1,170), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $7.4 million
- Local revenue
- $2.4 million
- Total spending
- $11.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,119
- Salaries
- $6.2 million52.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 21.0%
- State: 59.6%
- Local: 19.5%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,119
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Nettleton School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Nettleton Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 215 | 12.6 |
| Nettleton High School | High | 9 to 13 | 316 | 12.6 |
| Nettleton Junior High | Middle | 6 to 8 | 243 | 14.3 |
| Nettleton Primary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 220 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lee County
- Tupelo Public School District 7,192 students
- Lee County Public Schools 6,343 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.