Smith County School District

What Smith County School District does

Smith County School District is a public K-12 school district operating under Mississippi state law and headquartered at 212 Sylvarena Avenue, Suite C, Raleigh, MS 39153. The district serves students in three communities — Raleigh, Mize, and Taylorsville — through six K-12 schools (three elementary and three high schools), plus the Smith County Career Center for career and technical education and the Smith County Community Learning Center for alternative education. Its operating model is a publicly funded monopoly on K-12 education within Smith County, financed through state appropriations, federal Title I-V program funds, and local taxes, with no tuition charged to resident families.

The district's service portfolio spans core academics, gifted education (the SCOPE program for grades 2-6, mandated under the Mississippi Gifted Education Act), special education (inclusion, resource, self-contained, and homebound services with IEP management), career and technical education, child nutrition, and athletic programs. The technology layer is built on commercial, off-the-shelf ed-tech platforms rather than proprietary systems: SAMS for student information, Clever for single sign-on, ActiveParent for parent/student access, Marathon Web for staff time tracking, SEAS and SEAS 3.0 for special education, MSIS for state-mandated reporting, and Classwize for Chromebook management and filtering. Communication and parent engagement run through NotifyMe, ParentSquare, and the district website (smithcountyschools.net).

The district is governed by a five-member Board of Education (President Robert Hicks, Vice-President Freddy Martin, Secretary Lacey Hutchinson, Members Joey Adcock and Jackie Westbrook) with day-to-day leadership from Superintendent John King and Assistant Superintendent Larke Powell. Functional directors oversee Federal Programs, Curriculum and Instruction, Career and Technical Education, Operations, Technology, Public Relations, Food Services, and Alternative Education. Community partnerships — notably with Jones College for honors ceremonies and local businesses such as First State Bank — extend the district's reach beyond the classroom, while athletic programs (Mize Bulldogs, Taylorsville Tartars, Raleigh Lions) anchor community identity.

Name

Smith County School District

Legal name

Smith County School District

Website

https://smithcountyschools.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1833

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Smith County School District is a public K-12 school district in Mississippi serving students in Raleigh, Mize, and Taylorsville through six schools, a career center, and an alternative learning center, funded by state, federal, and local sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Career & Technical Education (CTE) Centers & Programs (EDAJAAAJ), Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• School district operations
• Student support services
• Career and technical education
• Community learning programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Smith County School District is a public K-12 school district in Smith County, Mississippi, operating six schools along with a Career Center and a Community Learning Center. It delivers standard primary and secondary education, career and technical training, and community-oriented learning programs to students residing within the district's geographic boundaries.

Product overview

Smith County School District is a public K-12 school district serving Raleigh, Mize, and Taylorsville, Mississippi. The district operates as a unified platform of educational services spanning seven schools: Raleigh Elementary School, Raleigh High School, Mize Attendance Center (elementary and high school), Taylorsville Attendance Center (elementary and high school), and the Smith County Career Center. The district's web presence includes a central portal providing access to online registration, parent portals (ActiveParent), student information systems (SAMS, MSIS), and various administrative platforms. Beyond core academics, the district offers specialized programs including S.C.O.P.E. gifted education, Special Education services, Federal Programs (Title I, II, IV, V), and Child Nutrition Services. The Career Center provides career and technical education pathways for students district-wide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SCOPE: Smith County Gifted Education Program serving intellectually gifted students in grades 2-6, providing a minimum of 4 hours of gifted instruction weekly.

Products and services

• Public K-12 Education
• Career and Technical Education (Career Center)
• Community Learning Center Programs
• District Schools (Six Campuses)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Petal School District: Neighboring Mississippi public K-12 district serving the Petal area near Hattiesburg. Comparable in operating model and MHSAA competition context, though operating in a different geographic market with somewhat different demographic mix.

Broad incumbents

• Rankin County School District: Larger neighboring Mississippi public K-12 district with similar rural-to-suburban mix. Comparable in operating model (public K-12, state-mandated programs, athletic participation) but materially larger scale and broader programmatic offering.
• Lamar County School District: Larger Mississippi public K-12 district in a neighboring region. Comparable in operating model and MHSAA competition but materially larger and more suburban, providing a reference point for scaling dynamics Smith County could face.
• Hattiesburg Public School District: Mid-sized Mississippi public K-12 district with broader programmatic offering. Comparable as a public K-12 entity with similar state funding structure and CTE participation, but operating at a larger urban scale.

Direct peers

• Simpson County School District: Small rural Mississippi public K-12 district of comparable scale and operating model. Directly comparable in size, geographic concentration in a single county, and reliance on state funding and federal Title programs.
• Jasper County School District: Small rural Mississippi public K-12 district in a neighboring county with similar scale and demographic profile. Comparable as a public K-12 entity facing the same rural-district operating dynamics.
• Covington County School District: Small rural Mississippi public K-12 district of similar size and county-level geographic footprint. Directly comparable as a public K-12 institution with similar federal-program dependence and multi-school structure.
• Scott County School District: Small rural Mississippi public K-12 district with similar multi-community structure. Comparable in scale, funding mix, and program breadth, providing a direct benchmarking reference for Smith County's operational performance.
• Jones County School District: Neighboring Mississippi public K-12 district of similar size and rural character. Directly comparable as a multi-school rural public district serving small Mississippi communities with comprehensive K-12 programming and MHSAA athletic participation.
• Wayne County School District: Small rural Mississippi public K-12 district of comparable scale. Directly comparable as a multi-school public district with similar Title program participation and MHSAA athletic competition profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SmithCoDistrict
• Facebookfacebook.com/SmithCountySchools
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smith-county-school-district

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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