Harrison County School District
Harrison County School District’s state funding for the 2024-2025 school year is $92,014,432, provided under the new, fully funded Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF).
Statewide, funding for public schools increased by $239-million.
Prior to this year, Harrison County schools had endured 16 consecutive years of underfunding in the previous funding formula, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, resulting in a cumulative loss to the district of $99,634,412.
Members of U.S. Congress Representing
Harrison County School District
Congressman Mike Ezell
U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT OFFICE:
228.864.7670
U.S. CAPITOL:
443 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202.225.5772
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
U.S. Senate
DISTRICT OFFICE:
601.965.4459
U.S. CAPITOL:
528 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-2405
202.224.5054
Senator Roger Wicker
U.S. Senate
DISTRICT OFFICE:
601.965.4644
U.S. CAPITOL:
425 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202.224.6253
Members of Mississippi Legislature Representing
Harrison County School District
State Representatives
State Senators
HOME:
P.O. Box 280
Gulfport, MS 39502
228.265.5010 (W)
CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220
Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 47th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2022, published May 2024) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).
