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Vicksburg, Mississippi - 14 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Vicksburg Warren School Dist #63 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,112 per pupil, Vicksburg Warren School Dist ranks #53 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,862
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$12,112
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vicksburg Warren School Dist operates 14 public schools serving 6,862 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 3 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,112 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending. See how Mississippi compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 41.0% local, 38.7% state, and 20.2% 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 #63 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 354.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 39.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.4% African American, 30.1% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Warren Central Junior High School, with a diversity index of 54.8/100.
Its largest campus is Warren Central High School, enrolling 1,145 students (17% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Warrenton Elementary School, at 311 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Warren Central High School accounts for 16.7% of all Vicksburg Warren School Dist student enrollment
That concentration means Vicksburg Warren 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.
Vicksburg Warren School Dist school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Vicksburg Warren School Dist school enrollment ranges from 311 students (lowest) to 1,145 students (highest), a spread of 834 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.
Vicksburg Warren 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.
Vicksburg Warren School Dist student-counselor ratio is 354:1 — 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.
Vicksburg Warren School Dist chronic absenteeism rate is 39.2% — 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.