School district · Mississippi · LEAID 2800187
Sunflower Cty Cons School District
Sunflower Cty Cons School District sits in the lowest third of Mississippi districts on estimated teacher pay at $45,009 (above only 4% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Sunflower Cty Cons School District come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $45,009
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $21,964
- Per-pupil spending
- 2,929
- Students enrolled
- 4th
- Pct. in MS
Below benchmark
Sunflower Cty Cons School District sits in the lowest third of Mississippi districts on estimated teacher pay at $45,009 (above only 4% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $45,009, below the national average of $70,245, serving 2,929 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Lower-third pay in state: Sunflower Cty Cons School District sits in the lowest third of Mississippi districts on estimated teacher pay at $45,009 (above only 4% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
- 4th percentile for Mississippi
- 5th percentile nationally
- 19% 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.
- Sunflower Cty Cons School District ranks #132 of 138 Mississippi districts by estimated teacher salary and #8 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
- +31.0% 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, Sunflower Cty Cons School District's instructional payroll puts 2.7% into other programs , 2.1 points below the state median of 4.8%. The mix below is the district's own F-33 program split against the in-state median, not a quality score.
| Program | Sunflower Cty | MS median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 73.7% | 73.2% | +0.5 pp |
| Special education | 15.9% | 14.4% | +1.4 pp |
| Vocational programs | 7.7% | 6.6% | +1.1 pp |
| Other programs | 2.7% | 4.8% | -2.1 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 2800187 · FY2023.
LEAID 2800187 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Sunflower Cty F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $45,009 estimated average teacher salary · P4 in Mississippi · P5 nationally · 19% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Columbus (+$2,139est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Sunflower Cty
Salary neighbourhood · Sunflower Cty
Sunflower Cty trails most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).
- Sunflower
Sunflower · this district · low pay
$45,009 est. salary
- Columbus · near
Columbus · near
$47,148 est. salary
- Picayune · near
Picayune · near
$48,005 est. salary
- Greenwood-leflore
Greenwood-leflore · near
$48,120 est. salary
- Oxford · top pay
Oxford · top pay
$60,147 est. salary
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National salary distribution for Sunflower Cty
Sunflower Cty Cons School District's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$45,009 5th percentile higher than 5% of 10,684 US districts
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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
Sunflower Cty in Mississippi's lower-third pay band
Same 138 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)
- Forrest County Ag High School
Forrest County Ag High School
$76,198 est. avg salary
- Kemper Co School Dist
Kemper Co School Dist
$55,462 est. avg salary
- Sunflower Cty Cons School District
Sunflower Cty Cons School District
$45,009 est. avg salary
What this shows Sunflower Cty Cons School District ranks #132 of 138 Mississippi districts by estimated teacher salary and #8 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
The same districts by per-pupil spending
Sunflower Cty Cons School District is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar
- Kemper Co School Dist
Kemper Co School Dist
$25,476 per pupil
- Sunflower Cty Cons School District
Sunflower Cty Cons School District
$21,964 per pupil
- Forrest County Ag High School
Forrest County Ag High School
$18,885 per pupil
What this shows Kemper Co School Dist leads spending at $25,476 per pupil; Forrest County Ag High School leads pay.
What stands out about Sunflower Cty Cons School District
- It ranks in the bottom 10% nationally for estimated teacher pay, above only 5% of districts.
- Enrolment fell from 3,569 to 2,929 students (17.9% 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
- $45,009.44
- Mississippi price level
- 86.8 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $51,859
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
+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 Sunflower Cty Cons School District
What the Numbers Say About Sunflower Cty Cons School District
Sunflower Cty Cons School District is a small-to-mid-sized school district in Mississippi, serving 2,929 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $21,964. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $45,009, placing the district in the high-investment tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 2800187 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Mississippi statewide average of $51,325, teacher pay in Sunflower Cty Cons School District runs materially below the state benchmark, a 12.3% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (35.9% differential). Among enrolling districts in Mississippi, it pays more than 4% 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, Sunflower Cty Cons School District reports $64.3M in total expenditure against $53.2M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 19% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $7.9M, special-education teacher pay is $1.7M.
How does Sunflower Cty Cons School District compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Mississippi average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Sunflower Cty Cons School District pays -10.8% less than Desoto Co School Dist · per-pupil $21,964 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, Sunflower Cty Cons School District sits closest to Nettleton School Dist; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Clarksdale Municipal 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.
- Clarksdale Municipal School Dist
- Jefferson Davis Co School Dist
- Moss Point Separate School Dist
- Natchez-adams School District
- West Bolivar Cons School Dist
- Choctaw Co School Dist
- North Bolivar Cons School Dist
- Coahoma County School District
- Tunica County School District
- Holmes County Consolidated SD
- Mccomb School District
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
- Clarksdale Municipal School Dist$22,178 per pupil+1.0% versus this district · $51,091 estimated salary
- Jefferson Davis Co School Dist$22,377 per pupil+1.9% versus this district · $50,226 estimated salary
- Moss Point Separate School Dist$21,265 per pupil-3.2% versus this district · $54,721 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near Sunflower Cty Cons School District's smaller enrollment
Two out-of-state peer sets for Sunflower Cty Cons School District: closest on enrollment (2,929 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($45,009 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
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Sunflower Cty Cons School District: 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. Placed 131 of 137, Sunflower Cty Cons School District is in the lower quarter, where a state-average comparison flatters the district rather than describing it. 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.
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Smaller-district sample from 137 Mississippi peers; bar length shows pay magnitude within this enrollment band.
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 Sunflower Cty Cons School District
What is the average teacher salary in Sunflower Cty Cons School District?
The average teacher salary in Sunflower Cty Cons School District is $45,009 (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 Sunflower Cty Cons School District teacher pay compare to the Mississippi average?
Sunflower Cty Cons School District pays 12.3% less than the Mississippi state average of $51,325. The district's average is $45,009.
How does Sunflower Cty Cons School District teacher pay compare to the national average?
Sunflower Cty Cons School District pays 35.9% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $45,009.
What is the per-pupil spending in Sunflower Cty Cons School District?
Sunflower Cty Cons School District spends approximately $21,964 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Sunflower Cty Cons School District's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 19% of Sunflower Cty Cons School District's total expenditure of $64.3M (NCES FY2023).
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