Regular local school district · Pontotoc County
Pontotoc City School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Pontotoc City School District runs 5 public schools with 2,400 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
- 5
- Students
- 2,400
- Teachers (FTE)
- 185
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 140 Education Drive, Pontotoc, MS 38863
- Phone
- (662)489-3336
- County
- Pontotoc County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803690
- State district ID
- MS-5820
- Total staff (FTE)
- 315
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 400 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
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 (2,266), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $22.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.1 million
- State revenue
- $14.1 million
- Local revenue
- $4.6 million
- Total spending
- $22.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,861
- Salaries
- $13.2 million59.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.2%
- State: 61.8%
- Local: 20.0%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,861
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Pontotoc City School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| DT Cox Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 354 | 13.1 |
| Pontotoc Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 657 | 16.4 |
| Pontotoc High School | High | 9 to 13 | 712 | 13.7 |
| Pontotoc Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 361 | 11.6 |
| Pontotoc Middle School | Middle | 5 to 6 | 316 | 11.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Pontotoc County
- Pontotoc County School District 3,465 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.