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Coldwater, Mississippi - 6 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Tate Co School Dist #102 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,486 per pupil, Tate Co School Dist ranks #100 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,014
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,486
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tate Co School Dist operates 6 public schools serving 2,014 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 3 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 Tate County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,486 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 22.9% local, 49.3% state, and 27.8% 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 39/100, ranked #102 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.
a 425.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.3% White, 34.1% African American, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Independence High School, with a diversity index of 62.3/100.
Its largest campus is Independence High School, enrolling 507 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Coldwater High School, at 167 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Independence High School accounts for 23.4% of all Tate Co School Dist student enrollment
That concentration means Tate Co 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.
Tate Co School Dist school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Tate Co School Dist school enrollment ranges from 167 students (lowest) to 507 students (highest), a spread of 340 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Tate Co School Dist has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Tate Co School Dist student-counselor ratio is 425:1 — 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.
Tate Co School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 42.8% — 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.
Tate Co School Dist has 6 schools, including 3 combined, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,014 students.
How much does Tate Co School Dist spend per student?
Tate Co School Dist spends $10,486 per student. The district has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #102 in Mississippi.
What is the demographic composition of Tate Co School Dist?
Tate Co School Dist students are 51.3% White, 34.1% African American, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Tate Co School Dist?
Tate Co School Dist has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #102 out of 146 districts in Mississippi.