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Of the 5,881 students enrolled in Alcorn County schools in 2019-2020, 74.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Alcorn County students.

This is a 1.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Corinth Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Alcorn County schools showed 74.7% students were White, 14.4% were Black or African American, 4.9% were Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% were Two or More Races and 0.5% were Asian.

There are 11 schools in Alcorn 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 %
Alcorn Central Elementary School	-	-	-	3.1	94
Alcorn Central High School	-	-	-	2.9	92.9
Alcorn Central Middle School	-	-	-	3	94
Biggersville Elementary School	-	13.7	-	-	76.4
Biggersville High School	-	19	-	-	75.8
Corinth Elementary School	0.9	28.5	9.9	7.9	52.8
Corinth High School	1.6	28.5	11.8	2.9	55.1
Corinth Middle School	1.4	29.5	11	5.3	52.9
Kossuth Elementary School	-	-	-	-	97.4
Kossuth High School	-	-	-	-	95.9
Kossuth Middle School	-	-	-	-	96.6

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