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Of the 4,725 students enrolled in Monroe County schools in 2020-2021, 59.3% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Monroe County students.

This is a 1.5% decrease from the previous school year.

Hatley High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Monroe County schools showed 59.3% students were White, 37.1% were Black or African American, 1.2% 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	-	94.8	-	-	-
Aberdeen High School	-	96.5	-	-	-
Amory High School	-	36.7	2.8	-	59.9
Amory Middle School	-	39.2	3.1	-	55.6
Belle Shivers Middle School	-	95.1	-	2.8	-
East Amory School	-	36.7	-	-	59
Hamilton High School	-	11.9	-	2.4	83.6
Hatley High School	-	5.3	-	1.1	93.1
Smithville High School	-	3.4	-	3.6	93.1
West Amory School	-	38.4	-	-	59.4

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