Pearl River County School District
A public school district in Carriere, Mississippi, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,128
- Students enrolled
- 200
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 474.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,031
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,128 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,126th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 38th of 152 in Mississippi. Larger than 82% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,031 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 4% 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
Pearl River County School District spent $10,031 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,524 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 | $10,031 | $32.9 million | 3,284 |
| FY2022 | $8,868 | $29.6 million | 3,334 |
| FY2021 | $8,552 | $27.8 million | 3,252 |
| FY2020 | $8,319 | $27.6 million | 3,321 |
| FY2019 | $8,081 | $26.4 million | 3,270 |
| FY2018 | $8,114 | $26.2 million | 3,235 |
| FY2017 | $7,535 | $24.4 million | 3,240 |
| FY2016 | $7,985 | $24.1 million | 3,017 |
| FY2015 | $7,721 | $23.4 million | 3,037 |
| FY2014 | $7,750 | $23.7 million | 3,063 |
| FY2013 | $7,636 | $23.5 million | 3,076 |
| FY2012 | $7,363 | $22.7 million | 3,080 |
| FY2011 | $7,033 | $21.8 million | 3,102 |
| FY2010 | $7,103 | $22.3 million | 3,138 |
| FY2009 | $7,411 | $23.4 million | 3,155 |
| FY2008 | $7,012 | $22.0 million | 3,137 |
| FY2007 | $6,138 | $19.5 million | 3,176 |
| FY2006 | $5,917 | $17.7 million | 2,984 |
| FY2005 | $5,524 | $15.8 million | 2,861 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $5.2 million | 14.5% |
| State | $21.2 million | 59.6% |
| Local | $9.2 million | 25.9% |
| Total | $35.6 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
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Center for Alternative Education | 0 |
| Pearl River Central Elementar | 1,414 |
| Pearl River Central High School | 952 |
| Pearl River Central Junior High | 762 |
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
- 2803540
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