Laurel Public School District
Laurel Public School District’s state funding for the 2024-2025 school year is $17,613,085, provided under the new, fully funded Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF).
Statewide, funding for public schools increased by $239-million.
Prior to this year, Laurel 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 $20,953,113.
Legislators Representing Laurel Public School District
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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).
