Smith County School District
Smith County School District’s state funding for the 2023-2024 school year is $940,719 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 Smith County School District have been shorted a total of $20,901,024. 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 Smith County School District
Representatives
Senators
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).
