Hinds County School District

-$ 0
Underfunded for 2022-2023
-$ 0
total underfunded since 2008

Hinds County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $1,815,949 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 Hinds County School District have been shorted a total of $41,038,341. 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 Hinds County School District

Representatives

Speaker Philip Gunn

HOUSE DISTRICT 56

HOME:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.924.8438 (H)
601.355.8321 (W)

CAPITOL:
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
Room 306
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Stephanie Foster

HOUSE DISTRICT 63

HOME:
120 Western Hills Dr
Jackson, MS  39212
601.842.7742 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. De’Keither Stamps

HOUSE DISTRICT 66

HOME:
396 Woodcliff Dr.
Jackson, MS 39212
855.335.3484 (W)

CAPITOL:

601.359.3770

Rep. Zakiya Summers

HOUSE DISTRICT 68

HOME:
P.O. Box 21210
Jackson, MS  39289
769.224.0554 (W)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Alyce Clarke

HOUSE DISTRICT 69

HOME:
1053 Arbor Vista Blvd
Jackson, MS 39209
601.354.5453 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 100-C
Jackson, MS
601.359.3235

Rep. Ronnie Crudup

HOUSE DISTRICT 71

HOME:
P.O. Box 7003
Jackson, MS 39282
601.371.1427 (H)

CAPITOL:
Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

Rep. Greg Holloway

HOUSE DISTRICT 76

HOME:
115 Edgewood Dr.
Hazlehurst, MS 39083
601.894.4228 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room 400-F
Jackson, MS
601.359.2435

Senators

Sen. John Horhn

SENATE DISTRICT 26

HOME:
P.O. Box 2030
Jackson, MS 39225
601.362.1045 (H)
601.362.4285 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 215
Jackson, MS
601.359.2886

Sen. David Blount

SENATE DISTRICT 29

HOME:
1305 St. Mary St.
Jackson, MS 39202

CAPITOL:
Room 407
Jackson, MS
601.359.2220

Sen. Albert Butler

SENATE DISTRICT 36

HOME:
P.O. Box 614
Port Gibson, MS 39150
601.437.4089 (H)
601.683.6695 (F)
601.415.1182 (C)

CAPITOL:
Room 405
Jackson, MS
601.359.2224

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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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