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Wiggins, Mississippi - 4 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Stone Co School Dist #122 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,978 per pupil, Stone Co School Dist ranks #124 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,518
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,978
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stone Co School Dist operates 4 public schools serving 2,518 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Stone County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,978 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 23.8% local, 44.2% state, and 32.0% 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 32/100, ranked #122 of 146 in Mississippi against a state average of 51, notably less 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 (5 AP courses district-wide), a 468.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.8% White, 18.2% African American, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stone Elementary School, with a diversity index of 50.5/100.
Its largest campus is Stone High School, enrolling 740 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Stone High School accounts for 29.2% of all Stone Co School Dist student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Stone Co 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.
Stone Co School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.0% 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 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.
Stone Co School Dist student-counselor ratio is 469:1 — 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.
Stone Co School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 25.5% — 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 Stone Co School Dist is typically wider than the Stone Co School Dist-aggregate figure suggests.
Stone Co School Dist has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,518 students.
How much does Stone Co School Dist spend per student?
Stone Co School Dist spends $9,978 per student. The district has an equity score of 32/100, ranking #122 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Stone Co School Dist?
Stone Co School Dist students are 73.8% White, 18.2% African American, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Stone Co School Dist?
Stone Co School Dist has an equity score of 32/100, ranking #122 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.