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Of the 4,943 students enrolled in Monroe County schools in 2019-2020, 60.8% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Monroe County students.

This is a 0.7% increase over the previous school year.

Hatley High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Monroe County schools showed 60.8% students were White, 36.2% were Black or African American, 0.7% were Two or More Races and 0.5% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are 10 schools in Monroe County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Aberdeen Elementary School	-	94.6	-	-	-
Aberdeen High School	-	97.7	-	-	-
Amory High School	-	33	2.9	-	63
Amory Middle School	-	37.1	2.7	-	58.5
Belle Shivers Middle School	-	94.9	-	-	2.9
East Amory School	-	33.5	-	-	62
Hamilton High School	-	13.6	-	2.2	83.3
Hatley High School	-	5.2	-	-	93.9
Smithville High School	-	4.3	-	3.5	92.2
West Amory School	-	36.5	-	-	59.6

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.