This is a list of school districts in Mississippi.
School districts which are independent governments as per the U.S. Census Bureau include county-wide school districts, consolidated school districts, municipal separate school districts, special municipal separate school districts, and junior colleges. [1]
The Census Bureau does not count the following as separate governments: agricultural high schools, joint agricultural high schools, and joint agricultural high school-junior colleges. County governments control these entities. [1]
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Prior to 1953, the state had about 1,100 school districts. That year, they were consolidated into 154 school districts. [2]
The following districts previously existed, but have been merged into larger districts: