Wesson Attendance Center

Located at 1048 Grove Street, in Wesson, Mississippi, Wesson Attendance Center is a sizable unified-grade school that instructs 833 students (grades K through 12), one of the schools within Copiah County School District. By comparison, Mississippi's public schools average about 527 students each, so Wesson Attendance Center sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

Copiah County School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,077 students. Wesson Attendance Center is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Wesson Attendance Center records that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 14% Black, 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.8:1, putting Wesson Attendance Center higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wesson Attendance Center ranks in the top 10% of Mississippi public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.2%; Wesson Attendance Center posts 71.6%, +24.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Copiah County) records that median household earnings sit near $49,089, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Copiah County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,397 students), Wesson Attendance Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mamie Martin Elementary, roughly 8.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Wesson Attendance Center's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 993 (now 833). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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