Regular local school district · Smith County
Smith County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Smith County School District runs 6 public schools with 2,538 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,538
- Teachers (FTE)
- 185
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 212 SYLVARENA AVENUE SUITE C P.O. Box 308, Raleigh, MS 39153
- Phone
- (601)782-4296
- County
- Smith County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2804020
- State district ID
- MS-6500
- Total staff (FTE)
- 349
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 508 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (2,453), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $25.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.0 million
- State revenue
- $14.1 million
- Local revenue
- $6.6 million
- Total spending
- $25.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,374
- Salaries
- $13.3 million52.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $5.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.4%
- State: 55.0%
- Local: 25.7%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,374
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Smith County School District
By level: 2 high, 1 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Community Learning Center | Other | 3 to 12 | 0 | |
| Mize Attendance Center | Other | PK to 12 | 831 | 14.8 |
| Raleigh Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 649 | 16.6 |
| Raleigh High School | High | 7 to 12 | 486 | 12.8 |
| Smith County Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Taylorsville Attendance Center | Other | PK to 12 | 572 | 12.4 |
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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.