Petal School District
A public school district in Petal, Mississippi, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,253
- Students enrolled
- 329
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 695
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,258
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,253 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,282nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 24th of 152 in Mississippi. Larger than 87% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,258 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 11% 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
Petal School District spent $11,258 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,401 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 | $11,258 | $49.4 million | 4,392 |
| FY2022 | $9,778 | $41.7 million | 4,264 |
| FY2021 | $9,465 | $38.9 million | 4,106 |
| FY2020 | $8,996 | $37.5 million | 4,169 |
| FY2019 | $8,722 | $36.1 million | 4,137 |
| FY2018 | $8,737 | $35.5 million | 4,068 |
| FY2017 | $8,889 | $36.5 million | 4,112 |
| FY2016 | $8,631 | $35.3 million | 4,091 |
| FY2015 | $8,303 | $34.3 million | 4,137 |
| FY2014 | $8,128 | $32.8 million | 4,035 |
| FY2013 | $8,124 | $32.5 million | 3,999 |
| FY2012 | $7,840 | $31.5 million | 4,024 |
| FY2011 | $7,646 | $30.4 million | 3,978 |
| FY2010 | $7,987 | $31.6 million | 3,953 |
| FY2009 | $7,831 | $31.3 million | 3,995 |
| FY2008 | $7,255 | $29.0 million | 3,992 |
| FY2007 | $6,952 | $26.9 million | 3,872 |
| FY2006 | $7,013 | $26.7 million | 3,806 |
| FY2005 | $6,401 | $23.7 million | 3,697 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $8.4 million | 15.4% |
| State | $29.0 million | 52.9% |
| Local | $17.4 million | 31.7% |
| Total | $54.9 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 |
|---|---|
| Petal Elementary 3-4 | 636 |
| Petal High School | 1,324 |
| Petal Middle School | 645 |
| Petal Primary School | 1,016 |
| Petal Upper Elementary | 632 |
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
- 2803530
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