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Enrollment
833
Combined
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPIAH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280122000169
Wesson Attendance Center
1048 Grove Street, Wesson, MS 39191 · (601) 643-2221 · Copiah County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 11.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
833 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
70.3%
MS avg 52.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.4% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 69.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Mississippi's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wesson Attendance Center
Wesson Attendance Center's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesson Attendance Center this school | 833 | 100.0% | 70.1% |
| Sebastopol Attendance Center SEBASTOPOL | 684 | 99.6% | 70.4% |
| Jumpertown School Booneville | 305 | 86.6% | 62.0% |
| Scott Central Attendance Center FOREST | 856 | 99.6% | 53.9% |
| Blue Mountain High School Blue Mountain | 295 | 92.2% | 67.8% |
| Thrasher High School Booneville | 387 | 76.5% | 56.6% |
Matched among Mississippi K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wesson Attendance Center ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #7 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #6 of 30 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #8 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #5 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #22 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #15 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #7 of 20 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
833
-56 (-6%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 833 | 57.2 | 14.6:1 | 100% (833) |
| 2023-24 | 858 | 59.4 | 14.4:1 | 100% (858) |
| 2022-23 | 877 | 59.9 | 14.6:1 | 100% (877) |
| 2020-21 | 889 | 56 | 15.9:1 | 100% (889) |
| 2017-18 | 993 | 58.4 | 17.0:1 | 100% (993) |
| 2015-16 | 1,020 | 59 | 17.3:1 | 100% (1,020) |
| 2010-11 | 1,109 | 57 | 19.5:1 | 61% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 52 | 17.6:1 | 75% (685) |
| 1990-91 | 911 | 48 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wesson Attendance Center.
About Wesson Attendance Center
This page covers Wesson Attendance Center, a high-enrollment combined-grade school in Wesson, Mississippi. Enrollment is 833 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 12. The average for combined schools in Mississippi is about 527 students, so this school is 58% bigger than average.
The district, Copiah County School District, operates 4 schools serving 2,077 students.
Wesson Attendance Center's enrollment is 79% White. The next largest groups are 14% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. In Copiah County overall, about 43% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Wesson Attendance Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
A ratio of 14.6:1 comes from the school's 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.8:1 average for combined schools in Mississippi is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Wesson Attendance Center as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 100% average for public schools in Copiah County.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Wesson Attendance Center is 44.1%. It actually posts 70.1%, which is 26.0 points higher and in the top 10% of Mississippi schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Copiah County, median household income is about $49,089, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The public schools of Copiah County number 7 and enroll about 3,397.
Mamie Martin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wesson Attendance Center ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Wesson Attendance Center is Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Wesson Attendance Center went from 889 students to 833. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
The Wesson Attendance Center community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Copiah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,855
Census ACS
Median income
$49,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,397 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Copiah County School District
- Crystal Springs ElementaryElementary · 482 students
- Crystal Springs High SchoolHigh · 397 students
- Crystal Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Mamie Martin Elementary8.1 mi · 622
- Lipsey Middle School8.4 mi · 341
- Brookhaven High School8.7 mi · 761
- MS School Of The Arts8.8 mi · 104
- Brookhaven Elementary School9.0 mi · 368
- Alexander Junior High9.2 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Wesson Attendance CenterHow many students attend Wesson Attendance Center?
Wesson Attendance Center enrolls approximately 833 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does Wesson Attendance Center serve?
Wesson Attendance Center serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wesson Attendance Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wesson Attendance Center is approximately 14.6:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wesson Attendance Center?
At Wesson Attendance Center, the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wesson Attendance Center public or private?
Wesson Attendance Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Copiah County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.