Regular local school district · Sunflower County
Sunflower County Consolidated School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Sunflower County Consolidated School District runs 13 public schools with 2,807 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 2,807
- Teachers (FTE)
- 213
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 196 Martin Luther King Drive, Indianola, MS 38751
- Phone
- (662)887-5501
- County
- Sunflower County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2800187
- State district ID
- MS-6711
- Total staff (FTE)
- 527
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 234 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (3,149), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $43.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.9 million
- State revenue
- $17.9 million
- Local revenue
- $14.2 million
- Total spending
- $40.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,720
- Salaries
- $20.1 million50.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 25.3%
- State: 41.7%
- Local: 32.9%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,720
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Sunflower County Consolidated School District
By level: 3 high, 4 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A.W. James ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 219 | 12.9 |
| Carver ElementaryCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 250 | 13.2 |
| Drew Hunter MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 82 | 13.7 |
| Gentry High SchoolCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 465 | 13.3 |
| Indianola Academic Achievement | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Indianola Career & Tech Center | High | 10 to 12 | 0 | |
| Lockard Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 393 | 17.1 |
| Moorhead Central SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 245 | 13.6 |
| Robert L Merritt Junior HighCEP school | Middle | 7 to 9 | 341 | 13.6 |
| Rosser Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 79 | 19.8 |
| Ruleville Central ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 271 | 15.1 |
| Ruleville Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 131 | 11.9 |
| Thomas E. Edwards Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 331 | 11.0 |
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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.