Regular local school district · Wayne County
Wayne County School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Wayne County School District runs 8 public schools with 2,977 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 2,977
- Teachers (FTE)
- 207
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 810 Chickasawhay Street, Waynesboro, MS 39367
- Phone
- (601)735-4871
- County
- Wayne County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2804530
- State district ID
- MS-7700
- Total staff (FTE)
- 489
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 1,489 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.4
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,927), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $39.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.1 million
- State revenue
- $18.2 million
- Local revenue
- $13.3 million
- Total spending
- $39.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,501
- Salaries
- $18.3 million46.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.5%
- State: 45.9%
- Local: 33.6%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,501
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Wayne County School District
By level: 3 high, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Beat Four School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 416 | 14.9 |
| Buckatunna School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 418 | 16.7 |
| Clara School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 418 | 14.4 |
| Wayne Central School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 459 | 14.8 |
| Wayne County Alternative School | High | 5 to 12 | 0 | |
| Wayne County Career and Technical | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Wayne County High School | High | 9 to 12 | 775 | 12.9 |
| Waynesboro Riverview School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 491 | 15.8 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.