DeSoto County School District
A public school district in Hernando, Mississippi, with 42 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 34,934
- Students enrolled
- 2,282.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 4,504.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,525
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 34,934 in 2024–25
- Ranks 164th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 152 in Mississippi. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,525 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 3% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
DeSoto County School District spent $9,525 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,234 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $9,525 | $333.4 million | 35,003 |
| FY2022 | $8,778 | $302.6 million | 34,469 |
| FY2021 | $8,264 | $281.5 million | 34,067 |
| FY2020 | $8,082 | $280.9 million | 34,752 |
| FY2019 | $7,690 | $264.5 million | 34,392 |
| FY2018 | $7,368 | $250.4 million | 33,991 |
| FY2017 | $7,299 | $244.8 million | 33,537 |
| FY2016 | $7,377 | $244.5 million | 33,140 |
| FY2015 | $7,065 | $235.1 million | 33,275 |
| FY2014 | $6,671 | $220.5 million | 33,054 |
| FY2013 | $6,470 | $211.9 million | 32,759 |
| FY2012 | $6,249 | $201.9 million | 32,311 |
| FY2011 | $6,003 | $191.6 million | 31,916 |
| FY2010 | $6,707 | $209.4 million | 31,213 |
| FY2009 | $6,588 | $201.7 million | 30,616 |
| FY2008 | $6,210 | $185.6 million | 29,886 |
| FY2007 | $5,778 | $166.0 million | 28,738 |
| FY2006 | $5,633 | $153.0 million | 27,166 |
| FY2005 | $5,234 | $132.4 million | 25,298 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $56.8 million | 13.9% |
| State | $211.8 million | 51.7% |
| Local | $140.7 million | 34.4% |
| Total | $409.3 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
42 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 13
- NCES district ID
- 2801320
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Mississippi — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Mississippi — A to Z, each with its page.
- Mississippi on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved