Regular local school district · Lee County
Tupelo Public School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Tupelo Public School District runs 14 public schools with 7,192 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
- 14
- Students
- 7,192
- Teachers (FTE)
- 555
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 72 South Green Street, Tupelo, MS 38804
- Phone
- (662)841-8850
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2804320
- State district ID
- MS-4120
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,092
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 342 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 26.0
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 (7,005), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $89.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.1 million
- State revenue
- $35.7 million
- Local revenue
- $40.2 million
- Total spending
- $82.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,807
- Salaries
- $42.4 million51.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $48.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.7%
- State: 40.1%
- Local: 45.1%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,807
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Tupelo Public School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carver Elementary School | Elementary | K to 1 | 312 | 13.6 |
| Early Childhood Education Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 322 | 16.9 |
| Joyner Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 444 | 14.3 |
| Lawhon Elementary School | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 575 | 14.4 |
| Lawndale Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 378 | 11.8 |
| Milam Elementary School | Middle | 6 | 456 | 12.7 |
| Parkway Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 418 | 13.1 |
| Pierce Street Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 345 | 11.5 |
| Rankin Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 375 | 12.9 |
| Thomas Street Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 374 | 13.4 |
| Tupelo Alternative School | Other | 4 to 12 | 0 | |
| Tupelo High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,123 | 14.0 |
| Tupelo Lee Co Voc Tech School | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Tupelo Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 1,070 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lee County
- Lee County Public Schools 6,343 students
- Nettleton School District 994 students
- Baldwyn School District 739 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.