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Of the 4,081 students enrolled in Prentiss County schools in 2020-2021, 75.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Prentiss County students.

This is a 1% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Prentiss County schools showed 75.7% students were White, 15.3% were Black or African American and 4.1% 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	-	23.3	-	7.4	66.9
Baldwyn High School	-	50	-	-	-
Booneville High School	-	19.4	-	4.4	74.2
Hills Chapel School	-	-	-	-	97.1
Jumpertown High School	-	-	-	8.9	86.7
Marietta Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
New Site High School	-	-	-	-	99.1
R.H. Long Booneville Middle School	-	26.9	-	8.3	62.8
Thrasher High School	-	5.4	-	-	88.9
Wheeler High School	-	6.4	-	2.8	90

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