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Moss Point, Mississippi - 4 schools
An equity score of 75/100 ranks Moss Point Separate School Dist #15 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,176 per pupil, Moss Point Separate School Dist ranks #5 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,569
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,176
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Moss Point Separate School Dist operates 4 public schools serving 1,569 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 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 Jackson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,176 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.7% local, 34.7% state, and 32.6% 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 75/100, ranked #15 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 320.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 42.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.2% African American, 16.3% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Moss Point Escatawpa Upper Elem, with a diversity index of 54.5/100.
Its largest campus is Moss Point High School, enrolling 491 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Moss Point High School accounts for 30.5% of all Moss Point Separate School Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Moss Point Separate School Dist-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Moss Point Separate 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.
Moss Point Separate School Dist student-counselor ratio is 321:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Moss Point Separate School Dist is typically wider than the Moss Point Separate School Dist-aggregate figure suggests.
Moss Point Separate School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 42.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Moss Point Separate 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 Moss Point Separate School Dist?
Moss Point Separate School Dist has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,569 students.
How much does Moss Point Separate School Dist spend per student?
Moss Point Separate School Dist spends $17,176 per student. The district has an equity score of 75/100, ranking #15 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Moss Point Separate School Dist?
Moss Point Separate School Dist students are 70.2% African American, 16.3% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Moss Point Separate School Dist?
Moss Point Separate School Dist has an equity score of 75/100, ranking #15 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.