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Baldwyn, Mississippi - 2 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Baldwyn School District #74 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,759 per pupil, Baldwyn School District ranks #38 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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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 $12,759 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 147 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 50/100, ranked #74 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 dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Baldwyn School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
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 $12,759 per student. The district has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #74 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 50/100, ranking #74 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.