District profile / Mississippi

Walthall County School District

Tylertown, Mississippi · Public school district · #83 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,698

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,928

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Mississippi median

12.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Walthall County School District is a public school district based in Tylertown, Mississippi, serving 1,698 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #83 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 24% of them. Its schools average 283 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,928 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 12.4 students per teacher.

How Walthall County compares

Walthall CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,928

Mississippi median $10,034 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,196

Mississippi median $5,828 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school283

Mississippi median 399 · 29% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor566

Mississippi median 382 · 48% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$20.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 48%Local 29%

Measure	Walthall County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,928	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,196	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$20.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	137	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	273	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	566	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
Western Line SchoolsAvon	1,739	4	$11,870	14.7	#81
Webster County SchoolsEupora	1,717	5	$9,640	12.7	#82
Walthall County School DistrictTylertown · this district	1,698	6	$10,928	12.4	#83
Lawrence County School DistrictMonticello	1,674	6	$10,293	11.5	#84
Bay Waveland School DistrictBay St Louis	1,664	4	$13,294	12.7	#85

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kinderhook Central School DistrictValatie, NY	1,698	$24,324	10.3
Norwood CityNorwood, OH	1,698	$17,124	14.5
Hamburg School DistrictHamburg, AR	1,697	$10,450	14.4
Dunklin R-VHerculaneum, MO	1,697	$10,715	13.8

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-walthall-county-school-district