Sunflower County Consolidated School District
A public school district in Indianola, Mississippi, with 13 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,807
- Students enrolled
- 213.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 528
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,163
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,807 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,480th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 46th 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: $14,163 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 37% 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
Sunflower County Consolidated School District spent $14,163 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,645 in fiscal year 2015
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 | $14,163 | $41.5 million | 2,929 |
| FY2022 | $13,004 | $39.8 million | 3,059 |
| FY2021 | $11,159 | $35.1 million | 3,149 |
| FY2020 | $10,661 | $36.8 million | 3,455 |
| FY2019 | $10,084 | $36.0 million | 3,569 |
| FY2018 | $9,558 | $36.6 million | 3,833 |
| FY2017 | $9,777 | $38.6 million | 3,946 |
| FY2016 | $9,396 | $37.9 million | 4,037 |
| FY2015 | $8,645 | $35.8 million | 4,138 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $18.7 million | 35.1% |
| State | $19.0 million | 35.7% |
| Local | $15.6 million | 29.3% |
| Total | $53.2 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
13 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| A.W. James Elementary | 219 |
| Carver Elementary | 250 |
| Drew Hunter Middle | 82 |
| Gentry High School | 465 |
| Indianola Academic Achievement | 0 |
| Indianola Career & Tech Center | 0 |
| Lockard Elementary School | 393 |
| Moorhead Central School | 245 |
| Robert L Merritt Junior High | 341 |
| Rosser Early Learning Center | 79 |
| Ruleville Central Elementary | 271 |
| Ruleville Middle School | 131 |
| Thomas E. Edwards Sr. High School | 331 |
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
- 2800187
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 2015 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 2015 to 2023.
Data retrieved