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Of the 2,984 students enrolled in Tishomingo County schools in 2019-2020, 90.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tishomingo County students.

This is a 0.1% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Tishomingo County schools showed 90.4% students were White, 3.8% were Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% were Two or More Races and 1.4% were Black or African American.

There are six schools in Tishomingo 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 %
Belmont School	-	-	10.1	1.6	86.8
Burnsville Elementary School	-	-	-	-	97.2
Iuka Elementary School	-	2.6	-	5.9	90.4
Iuka Middle School	-	-	2.8	8	86.6
Tishomingo County High School	-	3.3	2.4	1.7	92.2
Tishomingo Elementary School	-	4.6	-	-	92.3

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