Canton Public School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2023-2024
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Canton Public School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $1,106,151 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 Canton Public School District have been shorted a total of $22,683,521. 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 Canton Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Ed Blackmon

HOUSE DISTRICT 57

HOME:
P.O. Drawer 105
Canton, MS 39046
601.859.4202 (H)
601.859.1567 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201M-6
Jackson, MS
601.359.9394

Rep. Jill Ford

HOUSE DISTRICT 73

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

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Barbara Blackmon

SENATE DISTRICT 21

HOME:
907 W. Peace St.
Canton, MS 39046

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

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

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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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