County / FIPS 28073
Lamar County
Mississippi
Lamar County runs 18 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
18
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
497
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Lamar County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$317.3M
Per resident
$4,941
Change since FY2021
−1%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $321M |
| 2022 | $268M |
| 2023 | $287M |
| 2024 | $297M |
| 2025 | $317M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Lamar County ranks 1200th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Lamar County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Merit Health Wesley | Hattiesburg | |
| South Mississippi State Hospital | Purvis | Not rated |
Public schools in Lamar County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxterville School | Lamar County School District | Lumberton | 252 |
| Bellevue Elementary School | Lamar County School District | Hattiesburg | 1,124 |
| Longleaf Elementary | Lamar County School District | Hattiesburg | 712 |
| Lumberton Elementary | Lamar County School District | Lumberton | 292 |
| Lumberton High School | Lamar County School District | Lumberton | 261 |
| Oak Grove Elementary | Lamar County School District | Hattiesburg | 764 |
| Oak Grove High School | Lamar County School District | Hattiesburg | 1,777 |
| Oak Grove Middle School | Lamar County School District | Hattiesburg | 1,294 |
| Purvis High School | Lamar County School District | Purvis | 620 |
| Purvis Lower Elementary | Lamar County School District | Purvis | 454 |
| Purvis Middle School | Lamar County School District | Purvis | 383 |
| Purvis Upper Elementary | Lamar County School District | Purvis | 373 |
| Sumrall High School | Lamar County School District | Sumrall | 603 |
| Sumrall Elementary School | Lamar County School District | Sumrall | 903 |
| Sumrall Middle School | Lamar County School District | Sumrall | 464 |
| Jefferson/Todd Alternative Program | Lamar County School District | Purvis | — |
| Lamar Co Voc Tech Center | Lamar County School District | Purvis | — |
| Oak Grove Upper Elementary | Lamar County School District | Hattiesburg | — |