Rankin County School District
Rankin County School District’s state funding for the 2024-2025 school year is $109,885,811, provided under the new, fully funded Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF).
Statewide, funding for public schools increased by $239-million, but some districts, like Rankin County, received relatively flat funding.
Prior to this year, Rankin 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 $128,766,468.
Legislators Representing Rankin County School District
Representatives
Senators
HOME:
P.O. Box 54099
Pearl, MS 39288
601.932.1966 (H)
601.939.5968 (W)
CAPITOL:
Room 307
Jackson, MS
601.359.4089
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).
