At $86,787 per pupil, Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind ranks #1 of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
122
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$86,787
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind operates 2 public schools serving 122 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Hinds County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $86,787 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 of 148 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.9% local, 95.4% state, and 3.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 54.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 61.9% African American, 22.4% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ms School for the Deaf, enrolling 67 students (61% of the district's total enrollment).
Ms School for the Deaf accounts for 54.9% of all Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind a distant remainder — means Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind-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.
Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind reports 95.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind student-counselor ratio is 55:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind'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 Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind?
Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 122 students.
How much does Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind spend per student?
Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind spends $86,787 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind?
Ms Schls for the Deaf and the Blind students are 61.9% African American, 22.4% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.