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Stone County School District

Wiggins, Mississippi · Public school district · #54 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,532

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,729

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Stone County School District is a public school district based in Wiggins, Mississippi, serving 2,532 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #54 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 506 students each, more than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,729 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Stone County compares

Stone CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,729

Mississippi median $10,034 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,622

Mississippi median $5,828 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school506

Mississippi median 399 · 27% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Mississippi median 13.3 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor422

Mississippi median 382 · 10% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 20%State 50%Local 29%

Measure	Stone County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,729	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,622	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	173	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	381	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	422	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
Natchez-Adams School DistrictNatchez	2,554	8	$13,114	13.1	#52
Smith County School DistrictRaleigh	2,538	6	$9,059	13.7	#53
Stone County School DistrictWiggins · this district	2,532	5	$9,729	14.6	#54
West Point Consolidated School DistrictWest Point	2,528	8	$10,264	12.3	#55
Covington County School DistrictCollins	2,492	9	$10,589	11.5	#56

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Elgin Public SchoolsElgin, OK	2,534	$9,251	18.0
Zion-Benton Twp HSD 126Zion, IL	2,533	$19,797	15.5
Harvard CUSD 50Harvard, IL	2,532	$15,502	10.8
GardnerGardner, MA	2,532	$16,400	14.4

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-stone-county-school-district