District profile / Mississippi

Western Line Schools

Avon, Mississippi · Public school district · #81 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,739

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,870

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 18% above the Mississippi median

14.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Western Line Schools is a public school district based in Avon, Mississippi, serving 1,739 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #81 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 26% of them. Its schools average 435 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $11,870 per student on day-to-day operations, 18% more than the Mississippi median. It has roughly 14.7 students per teacher.

How Western Line compares

Western LineMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,870

Mississippi median $10,034 · 18% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,673

Mississippi median $5,828 · 14% above · FY2020-21

Students per school435

Mississippi median 399 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.7

Mississippi median 13.3 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor580

Mississippi median 382 · 52% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 41%Local 37%

Measure	Western Line	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,870	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,673	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	118	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	294	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	580	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
Pass Christian School DistrictPass Christian	1,768	4	$11,491	12.7	#79
Senatobia Municipal School DistrictSenatobia	1,754	4	$9,836	16.1	#80
Western Line SchoolsAvon · this district	1,739	4	$11,870	14.7	#81
Webster County SchoolsEupora	1,717	5	$9,640	12.7	#82
Walthall County School DistrictTylertown	1,698	6	$10,928	12.4	#83

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Olympia CUSD 16Stanford, IL	1,740	$16,521	14.5
RSU 10Rumford, ME	1,739	$18,802	11.4
Carrollton Exempted VillageCarrollton, OH	1,739	$14,581	18.9
Hubbard Exempted VillageHubbard, OH	1,739	$10,784	14.7

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-western-line-schools