Pontotoc Public School District

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

Pontotoc Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $1,040,985 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 Pontotoc Public School District have been shorted a total of $18,502,199. 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 Pontotoc Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Beth Luther Waldo

HOUSE DISTRICT 15

HOME:
4004 Highway 9 S
Pontotoc, MS 38863
662.419.0693

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

Rep. Jon Lancaster

HOUSE DISTRICT 22

HOME:
463 CR 85
Houston, MS 38851
662.631.5065 (H)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Kathy Chism

SENATE DISTRICT 3

HOME:
1506 Moss Hill Dr.
New Albany, MS 38652
662.538.4577 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 407
Jackson, MS
601.359.3232

Sen. Benjamin Suber

SENATE DISTRICT 8

HOME:
P.O. Box 8
Bruce, MS 38915
662.983.3000 (H)
662.983.3030 (F)

CAPITOL:
Room 404
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

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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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