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B+

North Tippah School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 2 towns

Serves Walnut and Falkner.

Walnut’s Schools page →

Students
1,220
Schools
3
Spent per student
$11,225
MS $12,392
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
78%
Debt
$2.8M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about North Tippah School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 73% of Mississippi districts
  • Math proficiency 5 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 8 pts above the state
  • Spends 9% less per student than the MS average
  • 13 students per teacher
  • Debt of $2.8M, about $2,299 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 73% of the 150 Mississippi school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math below the state, 2021–22
B
GraduationFour-year graduation well above the state, class of 2023
A
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Walnut. Grade by grade →

K–12Walnut Attendance CenterThis district

Test scores vs. MS

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency42%
State average 47% · 629 students tested
Reading / language arts41%
State average 41.7% · 622 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)95–100%
State average 89.4% · 92 in the class

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$11,225 per student · 9% below MS
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 34%Other 7%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 24%State 58%Federal 18%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,259’20
1,294’21
1,286’22
1,287’23
1,220’24

Down 3.1% since 2020–21.

Students
White 83%Black 8%Two or more races 6%Hispanic 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Mississippi’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Mississippi.