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RALEIGH, Mississippi · NCES district 2804020

Smith County School District

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2024 Census per-pupil spending
$10,175
Fall 2024 NCES membership
2,538
Closed school entries in available years
2

NCES fall membership changed -3% from 2,616 in 2019 to 2,538 in 2024.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 137 Mississippi elementary and secondary districts with FY 2024 data here was $12,600. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$21,984,000$8,2282,664UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$22,518,000$8,5822,6162,6166000
2020–212021$22,256,000$9,0592,4532,4536000
2021–222022$24,136,000$9,7302,4752,4756000
2022–232023$26,064,000$10,6422,4432,4436000
2023–242024$25,762,000$10,1752,5212,5216000
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable2,5386000
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable8240

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2019 to FY 2024 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$94 · +0.9% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending-$468
Change in enrollment+$561

Real current spending -4.5% · Census fall enrollment -5.4%

Which schools changed status?

2 school entries have a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

School status changes reported to NCES
SchoolReporting yearStatusCharter classificationNCES school ID
Mize Attendance Center2025–26ClosedNoncharter280402000758
Taylorsville Attendance Center2025–26ClosedNoncharter280402000762
Mize Elementary School2025–26NewNoncharter280402001622
Mize High School2025–26NewNoncharter280402001621
Taylorsville Elementary School2025–26NewNoncharter280402001624
Taylorsville High School2025–26NewNoncharter280402001623

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$24,226,000$3,143,000$13,900,000$7,183,000$12,926,000$7,429,000$916,000$23,224,000Alternative source
FY 2020$24,789,000$3,484,000$14,248,000$7,057,000$13,513,000$7,425,000$1,151,000$23,990,000Alternative source
FY 2021$25,678,000$4,969,000$14,113,000$6,596,000$13,146,000$7,559,000$2,882,000$25,448,000Alternative source
FY 2022$27,255,000$5,750,000$14,226,000$7,279,000$13,909,000$8,372,000$1,337,000$25,774,000Alternative source
FY 2023$30,395,000$6,999,000$15,754,000$7,642,000$14,910,000$9,152,000$3,236,000$29,606,000Alternative source
FY 2024$32,382,000$7,372,000$16,390,000$8,620,000$14,895,000$8,791,000$5,586,000$31,677,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data