Regular local school district · Forrest County
Petal School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Petal School District runs 5 public schools with 4,253 students in grades PK 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
- 5
- Students
- 4,253
- Teachers (FTE)
- 329
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 103 E. Central Ave. P. O. BOX 523, Petal, MS 39465
- Phone
- (601)545-3002
- County
- Forrest County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803530
- State district ID
- MS-1821
- Total staff (FTE)
- 695
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 532 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
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 (4,106), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $44.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.3 million
- State revenue
- $23.5 million
- Local revenue
- $13.4 million
- Total spending
- $41.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,054
- Salaries
- $23.7 million57.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.4%
- State: 53.2%
- Local: 30.4%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,054
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Petal School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Petal Elementary 3-4 | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 636 | 13.5 |
| Petal High School | High | 9 to 13 | 1,324 | 12.9 |
| Petal Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 645 | 12.9 |
| Petal Primary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 1,016 | 13.7 |
| Petal Upper Elementary | Middle | 5 to 6 | 632 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Forrest County
- Hattiesburg School District 3,918 students
- Forrest County School District 2,124 students
- Forrest County Agricultural High School 562 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.