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Bay Springs, Mississippi - 4 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks West Jasper Consolidated Schools #78 of 146 districts in Mississippi (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,598 per pupil, West Jasper Consolidated Schools ranks #68 of 147 Mississippi districts by per-pupil spending (Mississippi districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,411
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,598
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
West Jasper Consolidated Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,411 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Mississippi. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Jasper County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,598 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 32.3% local, 46.8% state, and 20.9% 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 48/100, ranked #78 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 2 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 410:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.8% African American, 23.8% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stringer Attendance Center, with a diversity index of 41.3/100.
Its largest campus is Stringer Attendance Center, enrolling 579 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bay Springs Middle Sch, at 181 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Stringer Attendance Center accounts for 41.0% of all West Jasper Consolidated Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means West Jasper Consolidated Schools-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.
West Jasper Consolidated Schools school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
West Jasper Consolidated Schools school enrollment ranges from 181 students (lowest) to 579 students (highest), a spread of 398 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.
West Jasper Consolidated Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.4% 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.
West Jasper Consolidated Schools student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — 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.
West Jasper Consolidated Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 16.3% — 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 West Jasper Consolidated Schools is typically wider than the West Jasper Consolidated Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to West Jasper Consolidated Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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