There were 3,983 students enrolled in Prentiss County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.9% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 52.1% were boys, 47.9% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 76.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Prentiss County schools, followed by Black students at 12.9%, multiracial students at 8%, and Hispanic students at 0.3%.
Wheeler High School had the highest enrollment among Prentiss County’s 10 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 576 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary School | 545 | 555 | 1.8% |
| Baldwyn High School | 473 | 460 | -2.7% |
| Booneville High School | 365 | 372 | 1.9% |
| Hills Chapel School | 412 | 398 | -3.4% |
| Jumpertown High School | 324 | 306 | -5.6% |
| Marietta Elementary School | 284 | 270 | -4.9% |
| New Site High School | 242 | 239 | -1.2% |
| R.H. Long Booneville Middle School | 410 | 418 | 2% |
| Thrasher High School | 436 | 389 | -10.8% |
| Wheeler High School | 609 | 576 | -5.4% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
