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ExploreLamar County School District

Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 2802400

Lamar County School District

Purvis, MS

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

10,318

+0.0%YoY

Graduation Rate

92.9%

+6.1%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$11,291

-41.6%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

13.3:1

-2.2%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

100.0%

0.0%vs. State

English Language Learners

7.9%

-50.9%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

14.4%

-40.7%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history+0.1%

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