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Of the 4,427 students enrolled in Prentiss County schools in 2019-2020, 76.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Prentiss County students.

This is a 1.7% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Prentiss County schools showed 76.7% students were White, 17.7% were Black or African American and 3.2% were Two or More Races.

There are 10 schools in Prentiss 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 %
Anderson Elementary School	-	22.9	-	8.9	66.2
Baldwyn High School	-	49.1	-	-	47.9
Booneville High School	-	18.8	-	2.9	74.7
Hills Chapel School	-	-	-	-	97.5
Jumpertown High School	-	4.5	-	8.4	85.8
Marietta Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
New Site High School	-	-	-	-	99.2
R.H. Long Booneville Middle School	-	24.9	-	6.1	67
Thrasher High School	-	8	-	-	87.1
Wheeler High School	-	6.7	-	-	90.8

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