County / FIPS 28075
Lauderdale County
Mississippi
Lauderdale County runs 23 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 4 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 2 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
23
Hospitals
4
With a star rating
2
Land area
704
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Lauderdale County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$632.4M
Per resident
$8,665
Change since FY2021
+19%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $530M |
| 2022 | $446M |
| 2023 | $489M |
| 2024 | $502M |
| 2025 | $632M |
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. Lauderdale County ranks 748th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Lauderdale County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson Regional Medical Center | Meridian | |
| Ochsner Rush Hospital | Meridian | |
| Alliance Health Center | Meridian | Not rated |
| Anderson Regional Medical Center South Campus | Meridian | Not rated |
Public schools in Lauderdale County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkdale Elementary School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 520 |
| Clarkdale High School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 419 |
| Crestwood Elementary School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 259 |
| Magnolia Middle School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 428 |
| Meridian High School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 1,301 |
| Northeast Lauderdale Elementary | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 699 |
| Northeast Lauderdale High School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 642 |
| Northeast Lauderdale Middle School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridain | 565 |
| Northwest Junior High School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 566 |
| Oakland Heights Elementary School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 328 |
| Parkview Elementary School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 408 |
| Poplar Springs Elementary School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 412 |
| Southeast Lauderdale Elementary | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 503 |
| Southeast Lauderdale High School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 396 |
| Southeast Lauderdale Middle School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 365 |
| T J Harris Elementary | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 434 |
| West Hills Elementary School | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | 478 |
| West Lauderdale Elementary School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Meridian | 687 |
| West Lauderdale High School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Collinsville | 589 |
| West Lauderdale Middle School | Lauderdale Co School Dist | Collinsville | 525 |
| Marion Park Complex | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | — |
| Ross Collins Voc Center | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | — |
| George Washington Carver Middle | Meridian Public Schools | Meridian | — |