Regular local school district · Pearl River County
Picayune School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Picayune School District runs 11 public schools with 3,509 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 3,509
- Teachers (FTE)
- 269
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 706 Goodyear Blvd., Picayune, MS 39466
- Phone
- (601)798-3230
- County
- Pearl River County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803630
- State district ID
- MS-5520
- Total staff (FTE)
- 665
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 702 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (3,192), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $42.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.6 million
- State revenue
- $17.0 million
- Local revenue
- $11.5 million
- Total spending
- $40.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,687
- Salaries
- $22.3 million55.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 32.3%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 27.4%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,687
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Picayune School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Center for Alternative Education | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Early Head Start Nicholson | Prekindergarten | PK | 186 | |
| Early Head Start Rosa | Prekindergarten | PK | ||
| Nicholson Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 324 | 14.7 |
| Picayune Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 465 | 17.2 |
| Picayune Memorial High School | High | 9 to 13 | 940 | 15.7 |
| Pmhs Career & Technology Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Roseland Park Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 370 | 20.6 |
| South Side Lower Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 320 | 17.8 |
| South Side Upper Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 310 | 14.8 |
| West Side Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 444 | 17.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Pearl River County
- Pearl River County School District 3,128 students
- Poplarville School District 1,969 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.