District profile / Mississippi

Wayne County School District

Waynesboro, Mississippi · Public school district · #41 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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2,977

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,524

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Wayne County School District is a public school district based in Waynesboro, Mississippi, serving 2,977 students in 8 schools. By enrollment it ranks #41 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 63% of them. Its schools average 372 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,524 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Wayne County compares

Wayne CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,524

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

Instruction spending per student$6,174

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

Students per school372

Mississippi median 399 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Mississippi median 13.3 · 8% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,488

Mississippi median 382 · 290% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 46%Local 34%

Measure	Wayne County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,524	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,174	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	207	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	489	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,488	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
Columbus Municipal School DistrictColumbus	3,011	9	$10,397	12.9	#39
Union County School DistrictNew Albany	2,986	4	$8,753	15.0	#40
Wayne County School DistrictWaynesboro · this district	2,977	8	$10,524	14.4	#41
Neshoba County SchoolsPhiladelphia	2,972	3	$9,028	14.7	#42
Long Beach School DistrictLong Beach	2,874	5	$9,632	13.7	#43

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Muscle Shoals CityMuscle Shoals, AL	2,979	$10,508	17.9
GreenevilleGreeneville, TN	2,977	$11,720	n/a
Flathead H SKalispell, MT	2,976	$10,914	15.5
Bethpage Union Free School DistrictBethpage, NY	2,976	$29,804	11.3

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.

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