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Carroll County School Dist

Carroll County School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Mississippi districts (805 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Carroll County School Dist come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$50,753
Est. avg teacher salary

Near benchmark

$14,509
Per-pupil spending
805
Students enrolled
46th
Pct. in MS
$50,753

Carroll County School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Mississippi districts (805 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort). Estimated average teacher salary is $50,753, below the national average of $70,245, serving 805 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Smaller enrollment scale: Carroll County School Dist is in the smallest third by enrollment among comparable Mississippi districts (805 students in the NCES CCD F-33 cohort).
  • 46th percentile for Mississippi
  • 16th percentile nationally
  • 33% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Mississippi ranks #45 of 49 on the salary estimate and #33 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Carroll County School Dist ranks #74 of 138 Mississippi districts by estimated teacher salary and #72 of 138 by per-pupil spending. Forrest County Ag High School pay #1 at $76,198 is not Kemper Co School Dist spending #1 at $25,476 per pupil
  • +27.8% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs Mississippi median

Among 138 Mississippi districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Carroll County School Dist's instructional payroll puts 66.6% into regular program , 6.6 points below the state median of 73.2%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.

Program Carroll County MS median Gap
Regular program 66.6% 73.2% -6.6 pp
Special education 17.0% 14.4% +2.6 pp
Vocational programs 6.9% 6.6% +0.4 pp
Other programs 9.4% 4.8% +4.7 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 138 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 2800930 · FY2023.

LEAID 2800930 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Carroll County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-INLINE Near state avg RANK-ST-LOW P46 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P16 national PPE-MID $15K/pupil ENR-SMALL 805 students INSTR-LOW 33% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Cleveland FY-2023-LIGHT FY2023 book

FY2023: $50,753 estimated average teacher salary · P46 in Mississippi · P16 nationally · 33% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Pearl (+$87est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Carroll County

Salary neighbourhood · Carroll County

Carroll County sits mid-pack among in-state peers; the chart brackets it between the top and bottom pay poles (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Carroll County

Carroll County School Dist's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$50,753 16th percentile higher than 16% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Carroll County School Dist $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

What stands out about Carroll County School Dist

  • Enrolment fell from 933 to 805 students (13.7% down) across FY2019–FY2023 while the instructional salary pool per teacher went up. Districts on that path are usually holding staffing steady against a falling roll, which lifts the per-teacher figure without anyone getting a raise, so read this page's salary estimate alongside the enrolment line rather than on its own.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$50,752.755

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Mississippi price level
86.8 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$58,476

+15% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Mississippi run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Mississippi compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Carroll County School Dist

What the Numbers Say About Carroll County School Dist

Carroll County School Dist is a small school district in Mississippi, serving 805 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,509. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $50,753, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2800930 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Mississippi statewide average of $51,325, teacher pay in Carroll County School Dist runs slightly below the state benchmark, a 1.1% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (27.7% differential). Among enrolling districts in Mississippi, it pays more than 46% of them. Mississippi itself ranks #45 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Carroll County School Dist reports $11.7M in total expenditure against $12.3M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $2.2M, special-education teacher pay is $0.6M.

How does Carroll County School Dist compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Mississippi average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Carroll County School Dist $50,753
Desoto Co School Dist $50,476
Mississippi avg $51,325
National avg $70,245

Carroll County School Dist pays +0.5% more than Desoto Co School Dist · per-pupil $14,509 vs $11,403

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Mississippi districts

On pay, Carroll County School Dist sits closest to Cleveland School Dist; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Benton Co School Dist. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Cleveland School Dist
  2. Prentiss Co School Dist
  3. Brookhaven School Dist
  4. Monroe Co School Dist
  5. Forest Municipal School Dist
  6. Union Co School Dist
  7. South Delta School District
  8. Clarksdale Municipal School Dist
  9. Stone Co School Dist
  10. Jefferson Co School Dist
  11. North Panola School District
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Benton Co School Dist
  2. North Panola School District
  3. Tate Co School Dist
  4. Forest Municipal School Dist
  5. Baldwyn School District
  6. Simpson Co School Dist
  7. Kosciusko School District
  8. Neshoba County School District
  9. Greene County School District
  10. Canton Public School Dist
  11. Wayne Co School Dist

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Carroll County School Dist's smaller enrollment

Two out-of-state peer sets for Carroll County School Dist: closest on enrollment (805 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($50,753 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$12.3M
Total Revenue
$11.7M
Total Expenditure
$3.8M
Instruction Salaries
33% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$2.2M
Regular Program
$0.6M
Special Education
$0.2M
Vocational
$0.3M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Carroll County School Dist: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 86% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 14% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Mississippi Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Mississippi districts belongs to Forrest County Ag High School at $76,198. Carroll County School Dist places 74 of 137 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. Arkansas and South Dakota are the states closest to Mississippi on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Mississippi districts →

Other Mississippi Districts

Smaller-district sample from 137 Mississippi peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.

Wilkinson Co School Dist
$52,492
891 students
Leland School Dist
$52,111
700 students
Union Public School Dist
$49,793
927 students
Perry Co School Dist
$49,241
933 students
West Bolivar Cons School Dist
$44,544
938 students
Enterprise School Dist
$52,648
955 students

This is a sample of 6 from 137 Mississippi districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Carroll County School Dist
What is the average teacher salary in Carroll County School Dist?

The average teacher salary in Carroll County School Dist is $50,753 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Carroll County School Dist teacher pay compare to the Mississippi average?

Carroll County School Dist pays 1.1% less than the Mississippi state average of $51,325. The district's average is $50,753.

How does Carroll County School Dist teacher pay compare to the national average?

Carroll County School Dist pays 27.7% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $50,753.

What is the per-pupil spending in Carroll County School Dist?

Carroll County School Dist spends approximately $14,509 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Carroll County School Dist's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 33% of Carroll County School Dist's total expenditure of $11.7M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Carroll County School Dist's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.