Tupelo Public School District
Tupelo Public School District’s state funding for the 2024-2025 school year is $43,438,832, provided under the new, fully funded Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF).
Statewide, funding for public schools increased by $239-million.
Prior to this year, Tupelo 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 $49,657,254.
Legislators Representing Tupelo Public School District
Representatives
Senators
HOME:
P.O. Box 75
Amory, MS 38821
662.256.9989 (H)
662.256.9601 (W)
CAPITOL:
Room 212-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.2395
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).
