District directory · Mississippi · 2026–27

School districts in Mississippi by county

Mississippi has 138 regular public school districts across 81 counties, enrolling 427,417 students in 2024–25. Mississippi children must turn 5 by September 1 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the Mississippi kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is DeSoto County School District in DeSoto County (34,934 students). Harrison County has the most districts, 5. In 41 of the 81 counties, only one district has its office. Every district is listed by name in the table below.

Mississippi counties and their districts

School districts in Mississippi by county, 2026–27
County	Districts	Enrollment (2024–25)	School districts
Adams County	1	2,554	Natchez-Adams School District
Alcorn County	2	5,626	Alcorn School District, Corinth School District
Amite County	1	914	Amite County School District
Attala County	2	2,925	Kosciusko School District, Attala County Schools
Benton County	1	909	Benton County School District
Bolivar County	3	4,415	Cleveland School District, West Bolivar Consolidated School District, North Bolivar Consolidated School District
Calhoun County	1	1,989	Calhoun County School District
Carroll County	1	734	Carroll County School District
Chickasaw County	2	2,709	Chickasaw County School District, Okolona School District
Choctaw County	1	1,233	Choctaw County Schools
Claiborne County	1	1,135	Claiborne County Public Schools
Clarke County	2	2,377	Quitman School District, Enterprise
Clay County	1	2,528	West Point Consolidated School District
Coahoma County	2	2,866	Clarksdale Municipal School District, Coahoma County School District
Copiah County	2	3,397	Copiah County School District, Hazlehurst City School District
Covington County	1	2,492	Covington County School District
DeSoto County	1	34,934	DeSoto County School District
Forrest County	4	10,857	Petal School District, Hattiesburg, Forrest County School District, Forrest County Agricultural High School
Franklin County	1	1,147	Franklin County School District
George County	1	4,049	George County School District
Greene County	1	1,621	Greene County Schools
Grenada County	1	3,863	Grenada School District
Hancock County	2	5,598	Hancock School District, Bay Waveland School District
Harrison County	5	30,519	Harrison County School District, Gulfport School District, Biloxi Public School District, Long Beach School District, Pass Christian School District
Hinds County	3	27,517	Jackson Public Schools, Clinton Public School District, Hinds County School District
Holmes County	1	2,300	Holmes County Consolidated
Humphreys County	1	1,130	Humphreys County
Itawamba County	1	3,275	Itawamba County
Jackson County	4	22,712	Jackson County School District, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Ocean Springs School District, Moss Point School District
Jasper County	2	2,110	West Jasper School District, East Jasper School District
Jefferson County	1	1,083	Jefferson County School District
Jefferson Davis County	1	1,217	Jeff Davis County School District
Jones County	2	11,313	Jones County School District, Laurel School District
Kemper County	1	888	Kemper County School District
Lafayette County	2	7,617	Oxford School District, Lafayette County
Lamar County	1	10,318	Lamar County School District
Lauderdale County	2	10,325	Lauderdale County School District, Meridian Public Schools
Lawrence County	1	1,674	Lawrence County School District
Leake County	1	2,408	Leake County School District
Lee County	4	15,268	Tupelo Public School District, Lee County, Nettleton School District, Baldwyn School District
Leflore County	1	3,718	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District
Lincoln County	2	5,220	Lincoln County School District, Brookhaven School District
Lowndes County	2	8,272	Lowndes County School District, Columbus Municipal School District
Madison County	2	16,068	Madison County Schools, Canton Public Schools
Marion County	2	3,433	Marion County School District, Columbia School District
Marshall County	2	3,762	Marshall County School District, Holly Springs School District
Monroe County	3	4,387	Monroe County School District, Amory School District, Aberdeen School District
Montgomery County	1	1,069	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District
Neshoba County	2	3,729	Neshoba County Schools, Philadelphia Public School District
Newton County	3	3,408	Newton County School District, Union Public School District, Newton Municipal School District
Noxubee County	1	1,321	Noxubee County School District
Oktibbeha County	1	4,880	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District
Panola County	2	5,323	South Panola School District, North Panola
Pearl River County	3	8,606	Picayune School District, Pearl River County School District, Poplarville School District
Perry County	2	1,433	Perry County School District, Richton School District
Pike County	3	5,717	North Pike Schools, McComb School District, South Pike School District
Pontotoc County	2	5,865	Pontotoc County School District, Pontotoc City School District
Prentiss County	2	3,513	Prentiss County School District, Booneville School District
Quitman County	1	835	Quitman County School District
Rankin County	2	22,454	Rankin County School District, Pearl Public Schools
Scott County	2	5,627	Scott County School District, Forest Municipal School District
Sharkey County	1	548	South Delta School District
Simpson County	1	2,797	Simpson County School District
Smith County	1	2,538	Smith County School District
Stone County	1	2,532	Stone County School District
Sunflower County	1	2,807	Sunflower County Consolidated School District
Tallahatchie County	2	1,345	East Tallahatchie School District, West Tallahatchie School District
Tate County	2	3,758	Tate County School District, Senatobia Municipal School District
Tippah County	2	3,623	South Tippah School District, North Tippah School District
Tishomingo County	1	2,844	Tishomingo County School District
Tunica County	1	1,598	Tunica School District
Union County	2	5,135	Union County School District, New Albany Public Schools
Walthall County	1	1,695	Walthall County School District
Warren County	1	6,610	Vicksburg Warren School District
Washington County	4	6,196	Greenville Public School District, Western Line Schools, Leland School District, Hollandale School District
Wayne County	1	2,977	Wayne County School District
Webster County	1	1,717	Webster County Schools
Wilkinson County	1	694	Wilkinson County School District
Winston County	1	2,413	Louisville Municipal School District
Yalobusha County	2	1,364	Water Valley School District, Coffeeville School District
Yazoo County	2	3,040	Yazoo City Municipal School District, Yazoo County School District

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.

Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.

Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).

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