Lowndes County School District
A public school district in Columbus, Mississippi, with 10 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,261
- Students enrolled
- 406
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 788.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,059
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,261 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,826th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 17th of 152 in Mississippi. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,059 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 9% 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
Lowndes County School District spent $11,059 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,958 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 | $11,059 | $58.2 million | 5,261 |
| FY2022 | $10,038 | $53.2 million | 5,305 |
| FY2021 | $9,644 | $49.9 million | 5,173 |
| FY2020 | $9,156 | $50.6 million | 5,528 |
| FY2019 | $9,303 | $50.7 million | 5,452 |
| FY2018 | $9,254 | $50.0 million | 5,408 |
| FY2017 | $9,612 | $50.9 million | 5,300 |
| FY2016 | $9,220 | $48.1 million | 5,217 |
| FY2015 | $8,885 | $46.0 million | 5,176 |
| FY2014 | $8,560 | $43.6 million | 5,096 |
| FY2013 | $8,568 | $43.4 million | 5,071 |
| FY2012 | $8,301 | $41.4 million | 4,984 |
| FY2011 | $8,298 | $42.4 million | 5,115 |
| FY2010 | $8,617 | $45.2 million | 5,247 |
| FY2009 | $7,672 | $41.4 million | 5,391 |
| FY2008 | $7,271 | $39.6 million | 5,452 |
| FY2007 | $6,728 | $37.0 million | 5,502 |
| FY2006 | $6,486 | $35.3 million | 5,448 |
| FY2005 | $5,958 | $32.4 million | 5,443 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $13.4 million | 16.4% |
| State | $32.5 million | 39.9% |
| Local | $35.5 million | 43.6% |
| Total | $81.4 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
10 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Caledonia Elementary | 1,070 |
| Caledonia High School | 640 |
| Caledonia Middle School | 487 |
| Lowndes Co Voc Complex | 0 |
| Lowndes County Alternative School | 0 |
| New Hope Elementary | 1,191 |
| New Hope High School | 787 |
| New Hope Middle School | 604 |
| West Lowndes Elementary | 276 |
| West Lowndes High School | 206 |
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
- 2802730
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