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Louisville, Mississippi - 6 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Louisville Municipal School Dist #66 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,883 per pupil, Louisville Municipal School Dist ranks #88 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,523
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,883
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Louisville Municipal School Dist operates 6 public schools serving 2,523 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Winston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,883 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.3% local, 43.6% state, and 27.2% 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 53/100, ranked #66 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 402.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.4% African American, 25.7% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Noxapater Attendance Center, with a diversity index of 59.2/100.
Its largest campus is Nanih Waiya Attendance Center, enrolling 517 students (21% of the district's total enrollment).
Nanih Waiya Attendance Center accounts for 20.5% of all Louisville Municipal School Dist student enrollment
That concentration means Louisville Municipal School Dist-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.
Louisville Municipal School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Louisville Municipal School Dist student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Louisville Municipal School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 33.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Louisville Municipal School Dist's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Louisville Municipal School Dist?
Louisville Municipal School Dist has 6 schools, including 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,523 students.
How much does Louisville Municipal School Dist spend per student?
Louisville Municipal School Dist spends $10,883 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #66 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Louisville Municipal School Dist?
Louisville Municipal School Dist students are 66.4% African American, 25.7% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Louisville Municipal School Dist?
Louisville Municipal School Dist has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #66 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.