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Bay Waveland School District

Bay St Louis, Mississippi · Public school district · #85 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,664

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,294

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 32% above the Mississippi median

12.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Bay Waveland School District is a public school district based in Bay St Louis, Mississippi, serving 1,664 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #85 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 22% of them. Its schools average 416 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $13,294 per student on day-to-day operations, 32% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 12.7 students per teacher.

How Bay Waveland compares

Bay WavelandMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,294

Mississippi median $10,034 · 32% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,091

Mississippi median $5,828 · 22% above · FY2020-21

Students per school416

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor416

Mississippi median 382 · 9% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 37%Local 43%

Measure	Bay Waveland	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,294	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,091	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	131	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	300	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	416	382	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Mississippi median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Mississippi

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Lawrence County School DistrictMonticello	1,674	6	$10,293	11.5	#84
Bay Waveland School DistrictBay St Louis · this district	1,664	4	$13,294	12.7	#85
Newton County School DistrictDecatur	1,650	4	$10,737	13.4	#86
Columbia School DistrictColumbia	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87
Forest Municipal School DistrictForest	1,638	3	$9,248	15.5	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Floyd County Public SchoolsFloyd, VA	1,666	$12,578	12.7
Palmyra-Macedon Central School DistrictPalmyra, NY	1,665	$20,901	10.5
Knoxville Community School DistrictKnoxville, IA	1,664	$12,034	13.9
Riverside-Brookfield Twp School District 208Riverside, IL	1,663	$18,523	16.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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