Regular local school district · Rankin County
Rankin County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Rankin County School District runs 28 public schools with 18,196 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 28
- Students
- 18,196
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,402
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1220 Apple Park Place, Brandon, MS 39042
- Phone
- (601)825-5590
- County
- Rankin County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2803830
- State district ID
- MS-6100
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,626
- School counselors (FTE)
- 54.0About 337 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 82.0
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 (18,384), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $221.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $29.1 million
- State revenue
- $95.7 million
- Local revenue
- $96.6 million
- Total spending
- $251.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,672
- Salaries
- $108.4 million43.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $192.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.1%
- State: 43.2%
- Local: 43.6%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,672
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Rankin County School District
By level: 8 high, 3 middle, 16 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brandon Elementary | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 743 | 15.2 |
| Brandon High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,609 | 14.2 |
| Brandon Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,155 | 12.8 |
| Florence Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 537 | 15.3 |
| Florence High School | High | 9 to 12 | 718 | 13.5 |
| Florence Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 556 | 12.4 |
| Flowood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 458 | 13.9 |
| Highland Bluff Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 491 | 13.6 |
| Learning Center | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| McLaurin Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 504 | 12.9 |
| McLaurin High School | High | 7 to 12 | 481 | 8.7 |
| Northshore Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 539 | 14.2 |
| Northwest Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 477 | 13.6 |
| Northwest High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,855 | 15.0 |
| Northwest Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,352 | 12.3 |
| Oakdale Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 566 | 14.9 |
| Pelahatchie Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 385 | 12.8 |
| Pelahatchie High School | High | 7 to 12 | 336 | 8.8 |
| Pisgah Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 556 | 15.0 |
| Pisgah High School | High | 7 to 12 | 482 | 12.1 |
| Puckett Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 351 | 13.0 |
| Puckett High School | High | 7 to 12 | 343 | 10.1 |
| Richland Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 369 | 14.8 |
| Richland High School | High | 7 to 12 | 731 | 10.4 |
| Richland Upper Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 480 | 13.3 |
| Rouse Elementary | Elementary | PK to 1 | 798 | 16.3 |
| Steens Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 582 | 17.1 |
| StoneBridge Elementary | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 742 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Rankin County
- Pearl Public Schools 4,258 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.