Regular local school district · Rankin County
Pearl Public Schools, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Pearl Public Schools runs 5 public schools with 4,258 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 4,258
- Teachers (FTE)
- 297
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3375 Highway 80 E, Pearl, MS 39208
- Phone
- (601)932-7921
- County
- Rankin County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803520
- State district ID
- MS-6120
- Total staff (FTE)
- 570
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 473 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.3
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 (4,035), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.4 million
- State revenue
- $21.9 million
- Local revenue
- $16.8 million
- Total spending
- $43.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,762
- Salaries
- $22.4 million51.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.1%
- State: 47.5%
- Local: 36.4%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,762
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Pearl Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Northside Elementary | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 665 | 16.6 |
| Pearl High School | High | 9 to 13 | 1,278 | 14.2 |
| Pearl Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 944 | 13.1 |
| Pearl Lower Elementary | Elementary | PK to 1 | 763 | 15.3 |
| Pearl Upper School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 608 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rankin County
- Rankin County School District 18,196 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.