Cleveland Public School District

Cleveland Public School District’s state funding for the 2024-2025 school year is $19,075,556, provided under the new, fully funded Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF).

Statewide, funding for public schools increased by $239-million.  

Prior to this year, Cleveland 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 $24,453,076.

Read more about education funding in Mississippi, including details regarding the new Mississippi Student Funding Formula. 

See funding per school district for 2024-2025.

Legislators Representing Cleveland Public School District

Representatives

Robert Sanders

HOUSE DISTRICT 29

HOME:
925 S Martin Luther King Dr.
Cleveland, MS 38732
662.719.9906 (H)

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

Rep. Otis Anthony

HOUSE DISTRICT 31

HOME:
P.O. Box 962
Indianola, MS 38751
662.452.5064 (H)
662.207.0445 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Senators

Sen. Sarita Simmons

SENATE DISTRICT 13

HOME:
P.O. Box 1813
Cleveland, MS  38732
662.545.8825 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 409
Jackson, MS
601.359.3237

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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).

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