Regular local school district · Prentiss County
Prentiss County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Prentiss County School District runs 7 public schools with 2,176 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.1 students per teacher is 4.0 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 2,176
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 10.1
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 105 North College Street, Booneville, MS 38829
- Phone
- (662)728-4911
- County
- Prentiss County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803750
- State district ID
- MS-5900
- Total staff (FTE)
- 351
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 725 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.1
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 (2,272), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $25.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $15.4 million
- Local revenue
- $5.2 million
- Total spending
- $25.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,317
- Salaries
- $13.7 million53.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $195,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.7%
- State: 60.2%
- Local: 20.1%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,317
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Prentiss County School District
By level: 2 high, 2 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hills Chapel School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 398 | 11.7 |
| Jumpertown School | Other | PK to 12 | 305 | 8.7 |
| Marietta Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 270 | 11.2 |
| New Site High School | High | 9 to 12 | 239 | 10.4 |
| Prentiss Co Voc Complex | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Thrasher High School | Other | PK to 12 | 387 | 9.0 |
| Wheeler High School | Other | PK to 12 | 577 | 11.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Prentiss County
- Booneville School District 1,337 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.