DeSoto County School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2023-2024
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

DeSoto County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $12,663,707 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, Mississippi’s public schools are underfunded by $175,829,477. 

This is the 16th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the DeSoto County School District have been shorted a total of $234,785,382. During this same period, Mississippi raised its academic standards significantly, yet public schools have been denied the resources needed to meet those standards.

Legislators Representing DeSoto County School District

Representatives

Rep. Justin Keen

HOUSE DISTRICT 6

HOME:
14277 Glynn Valley Street
Byhalia, MS 38611
901.493.3410

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3770

Rep. Kimberly Remak

HOUSE DISTRICT 7

HOME:
5240 Wedgewood Drive
Olive Branch, MS 38654

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3728

Rep. Cedric Burnett

HOUSE DISTRICT 9

HOME:
P.O. Box 961
Tunica, MS 38676
662.363.2531 (H)
662.363.2531 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 100-A
Jackson, MS
601.359.3755

Rep. Rodney Hall

HOUSE DISTRICT 20

HOME:
P.O. Box 1301
Southaven, MS 38671

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3770

Rep. Jeff Hale

HOUSE DISTRICT 24

HOME:
2303 Westwind Dr.
Nesbit, MS 38651
901.461.6673 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.9395

Rep. Dan Eubanks

HOUSE DISTRICT 25

HOME:
P.O. Box 184
Walls, MS 38680
662.374.0035 (W)

CAPITOL:
BSMNT
Jackson, MS
601.359.4082

Rep. W.I. Harris

HOUSE DISTRICT 28

HOME:
1966 Robertson Road
Hernando, MS 38632
662.449.6412

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3770 

Rep. Hester Jackson McCray

HOUSE DISTRICT 40

HOME:
3420 Laurel Wood St.
Horn Lake, MS  38637
901.410.7875 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770 

Rep. Bill Kinkade

HOUSE DISTRICT 52

HOME:
71 Peachtree Rd
Byhalia, MS 38611
901.365.4830 (W)
901.870.2726 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 112-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.3334

Senators

Sen. Michael McClendon

SENATE DISTRICT 1

HOME:
2245 Memphis St.
Hernando, MS 38632
901.219.0900 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 404
Jackson, MS
601.359.3232

Sen. David Parker

SENATE DISTRICT 2

HOME:
6947 Crumpler Blvd.
Olive Branch, MS 38654
662.893.3309 (H)
662.893.3300 (W)
662.893.3301 (F)

CAPITOL:
Room 213
Jackson, MS
601.359.4088

Sen. Reginald D. Jackson

SENATE DISTRICT 11

HOME:

662.624.1039 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 404
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.3232

Sen. Kevin Blackwell

SENATE DISTRICT 19

HOME:
P.O. Box 1412
Southaven, MS 38671

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2395

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Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 48th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2021, published May 2023) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).

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