South Pike Public School District

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

South Pike School District’s state funding for the 2022-2023 school year is $955,936 below the amount required by state law. Statewide, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP), which fund teacher salaries and classrooms, is underfunded by $279,342,511. 

This is the 15th consecutive year that Mississippi has underfunded its public schools. Since 2008, the last time the MAEP was fully funded, students in the South Pike School District have been shorted a total of $12,460,102. 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 South Pike Public School District

Representatives

Rep. Angela Cockerham

HOUSE DISTRICT 96

HOME:
P.O. Box 613
Magnolia, MS 39652
601.783.4979 (H)
601.783.6600 (W)

CAPITOL:
Room 201
Jackson, MS
601.359.1541

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

Rep. Daryl Porter

HOUSE DISTRICT 98

HOME:
P.O. Box 772
Summit, MS  39666
601.248.8328 (C)

CAPITOL:

Jackson, MS
601.359.3770

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

Sen. Kelvin Butler

SENATE DISTRICT 38

HOME:
2018 Hawthorne Drive
McComb, MS  39648
601.680.4281 (H)

CAPITOL:
Room: 408 E
P. O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
601.359.2224

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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: FY2020, published May 2022) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).

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