Bay St. Louis-Waveland Public School District
Bay-Waveland School District’s state funding for the 2024-2025 school year is $10,683,196 under the new, fully funded Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF).
Statewide, funding for public schools increased by $239-million, but some districts, like Bay-Waveland, received relatively flat funding due to declining enrollment (a hold harmless provision in the new Mississippi Student Funding Formula means these districts will be shielded from funding losses for three years).
Prior to this year, Bay-Waveland schools had endured 16 consecutive years of underfunding in the previous funding formula, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, resulting in a cumulative loss to the district of $13,483,719.
Members of U.S. Congress Representing
Bay St. Louis-Waveland Public School District
Congressman Mike Ezell
U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 4
DISTRICT OFFICE:
228.864.7670
U.S. CAPITOL:
443 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202.225.5772
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith
U.S. Senate
DISTRICT OFFICE:
601.965.4459
U.S. CAPITOL:
528 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-2405
202.224.5054
Senator Roger Wicker
U.S. Senate
DISTRICT OFFICE:
601.965.4644
U.S. CAPITOL:
425 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
202.224.6253
Members of Mississippi Legislature Representing
Bay St. Louis-Waveland Public School District
State Representatives
State Senators
Nationally, Mississippi ranks near the bottom, 47th among the states, in per pupil school spending (U.S. Census, Public Education Finances: FY2022, published May 2024) but much higher, 25th among the states, in the rigor of our academic standards (Education Next, published May 2018).
