Lafayette County
A public school district in Oxford, Mississippi, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,854
- Students enrolled
- 217
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 470.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,135
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,854 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,430th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 44th of 152 in Mississippi. Larger than 80% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,135 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 10% 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
Lafayette County spent $11,135 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,604 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 | $11,135 | $32.0 million | 2,872 |
| FY2022 | $10,599 | $29.4 million | 2,776 |
| FY2021 | $10,476 | $28.9 million | 2,763 |
| FY2020 | $9,418 | $27.4 million | 2,912 |
| FY2019 | $9,549 | $27.6 million | 2,889 |
| FY2018 | $9,183 | $26.5 million | 2,888 |
| FY2017 | $8,769 | $25.0 million | 2,846 |
| FY2016 | $8,815 | $24.2 million | 2,741 |
| FY2015 | $8,461 | $23.0 million | 2,720 |
| FY2014 | $8,149 | $21.9 million | 2,683 |
| FY2013 | $8,355 | $21.5 million | 2,575 |
| FY2012 | $7,813 | $20.3 million | 2,603 |
| FY2011 | $7,805 | $19.6 million | 2,510 |
| FY2010 | $8,498 | $21.2 million | 2,493 |
| FY2009 | $8,676 | $21.2 million | 2,438 |
| FY2008 | $8,673 | $21.0 million | 2,425 |
| FY2007 | $8,252 | $19.8 million | 2,394 |
| FY2006 | $7,585 | $18.0 million | 2,375 |
| FY2005 | $7,604 | $16.9 million | 2,227 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $6.3 million | 15.6% |
| State | $20.1 million | 49.9% |
| Local | $13.9 million | 34.5% |
| Total | $40.2 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Lafayette Elementary School | 776 |
| Lafayette High School | 855 |
| Lafayette Middle School | 420 |
| Lafayette Upper Elementary School | 803 |
| Oxf/Laf School of Applied Tech | 0 |
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 12
- NCES district ID
- 2802370
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