Franklin County School District

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

Franklin County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $579,424 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 Franklin County School District have been shorted a total of $11,261,130. 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 Franklin County School District

Representatives

Rep. Vince Mangold

HOUSE DISTRICT 53

HOME:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39201
601.835.2681 (W)
601.835.9155 (C)

CAPITOL:
BSMNT
Jackson, MS
601.359.5140

Rep. Jeffery Harness

HOUSE DISTRICT 85

HOME:
P.O. Box 758
Fayette, MS 39069
601.702.1947 (H)
601.146.6769 (W)
601.809.6739 (C)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770 

Rep. Robert Johnson III

HOUSE DISTRICT 94

HOME:
P.O. Box 1678
Natchez, MS 39121
601.445.5690 (H)
601.442.9371 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 102-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.3252

Rep. Sam Mims V

HOUSE DISTRICT 97

HOME:
605 Lakeshore Dr.
McComb, MS 39648
601.684.0281 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 104-B
Jackson, MS
601.359.3320

Senators

Sen. Melanie Sojourner

SENATE DISTRICT 37

HOME:
438 Upper Kingdom Rd.
Natchez, MS  39120
601.334.6729 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 407
Jackson, MS
601.359.3232

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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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