An equity score of 49/100 ranks Baldwyn School District #78 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,962 per pupil, Baldwyn School District ranks #42 of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Baldwyn School District operates 2 public schools serving 756 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,962 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.7% local, 40.3% state, and 21.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #78 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 509:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.0% White, 43.3% African American, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Baldwyn High School, enrolling 460 students (62% of the district's total enrollment).
Baldwyn High School accounts for 60.8% of all Baldwyn School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Baldwyn School District a distant remainder — means Baldwyn School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Baldwyn School District reports 64.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Baldwyn School District student-counselor ratio is 509:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Baldwyn School District chronic absenteeism rate is 15.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Baldwyn School District is typically wider than the Baldwyn School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Baldwyn School District has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 756 students.
How much does Baldwyn School District spend per student?
Baldwyn School District spends $13,962 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #78 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Baldwyn School District?
Baldwyn School District students are 49.0% White, 43.3% African American, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Baldwyn School District?
Baldwyn School District has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #78 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.