District profile / Mississippi

Webster County Schools

Eupora, Mississippi · Public school district · #82 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,717

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,640

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Webster County Schools is a public school district based in Eupora, Mississippi, serving 1,717 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #82 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 25% of them. Its schools average 343 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $9,640 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.7 students per teacher.

How Webster County compares

Webster CountyMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,640

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

Instruction spending per student$6,000

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

Students per school343

Mississippi median 399 · 14% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor429

Mississippi median 382 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$18.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 55%Local 22%

Measure	Webster County	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,640	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,000	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$18.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	135	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	261	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	429	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
Senatobia Municipal School DistrictSenatobia	1,754	4	$9,836	16.1	#80
Western Line SchoolsAvon	1,739	4	$11,870	14.7	#81
Webster County SchoolsEupora · this district	1,717	5	$9,640	12.7	#82
Walthall County School DistrictTylertown	1,698	6	$10,928	12.4	#83
Lawrence County School DistrictMonticello	1,674	6	$10,293	11.5	#84

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
MulvaneMulvane, KS	1,718	$11,062	12.4
Bauxite School DistrictBauxite, AR	1,717	$9,050	14.1
Martin CountyInez, KY	1,717	$12,699	17.0
Wauseon Exempted VillageWauseon, OH	1,717	$12,261	16.4

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-webster-county-schools