| Holmes County Consolidated School District | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
313 Olive Street
Lexington , Mississippi, 39095United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PreK–12[1] |
| NCES District ID | 2800195[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 2,641[1] |
| Teachers | 190.17 (FTE)[1] |
| Staff | 224.56 (FTE)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 13.89[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD), formerly the Holmes County School District, is a public school district based in Lexington, Mississippi (USA). The district covers all of Holmes County,[2] including the City of Durant area previously served by the Durant Public School District.[3] Effective July 1, 2018 the Holmes County and Durant school districts consolidated into the Holmes County Consolidated School District.[4]
As of 2016 the district had a per student spending rate, adjusted for regional cost differentiation, of $8,368, $3,500 under the U.S. average. The district received, for every student, $1,500 as per Title I. Its student body is among the poorest in the United States.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for HOLMES COUNTY CONSOLIDATED SD". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Holmes County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 26, 2024. - Text list
- ^ "Map of Holmes County, MS school districts, 2010." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.
- ^ "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
- ^ Boger, Paul. "Feds Are Underfunding Mississippi Schools?." Mississippi Public Radio. May 2, 2016. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.