Madison County School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2022-2023
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Madison County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $4,663,008 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 Madison County School District have been shorted a total of $87,230,989. 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 Madison County School District

Representatives

Rep. Kenji Holloway

HOUSE DISTRICT 27

HOME:
143 Yellow Creek Road
Carthage, MS 39051

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

Rep. Clay Mansell

HOUSE DISTRICT 56

HOME:
105 East Main Street
Clinton, MS 39056
601.924.9059

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

Rep. Lawrence Blackmon

HOUSE DISTRICT 57

HOME:
907 W. Peace Street
Canton, MS 39046

CAPITOL:

601.359.3770

Rep. Jonathan McMillan

HOUSE DISTRICT 58

HOME:
483 Cherry Hill Drive
Madison, MS 39110
601.859.0020

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

Rep. Shanda Yates

HOUSE DISTRICT 64

HOME:
P.O. Box 16409
Jackson, MS  39236
601.953.7891 (C) 

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Justis Gibbs

HOUSE DISTRICT 72

HOME:
1223 Hallmark Drive
Jackson, MS 39206
601.827.1691

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

Rep. Jill Ford

HOUSE DISTRICT 73

HOME:
180 Deer Haven Dr.
Madison, MS  39110
601.624.6911 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Celeste Hurst

HOUSE DISTRICT 75

HOME:
P.O. Box 475
Sandhill, MS 39161

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

Senators

Sen. Bradford J. Blackmon

SENATE DISTRICT 21

HOME:

601.859.1567 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.2224

Sen. Joseph Thomas

SENATE DISTRICT 22

HOME:
P.O. Box 524 
Yazoo City, MS 39194
662.746.7552 (W)
662.571.2987 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

Sen. W. Briggs Hopson III

SENATE DISTRICT 23

HOME:
1201 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183

CAPITOL:
Room 214-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3250

Sen. J. Walter Michel

SENATE DISTRICT 25

HOME:
241 Richardson Rd.
Ridgeland, MS 39157

CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2886

Sen. John Horhn

SENATE DISTRICT 26

HOME:
P.O. Box 2030
Jackson, MS 39225
601.362.1045 (H)
601.362.4285 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
Jackson, MS
601.359.2886

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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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