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Of the 954 students enrolled in Benton County schools in 2020-2021, 47.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Benton County students.

This is a 1.4% increase over the previous school year.

Hickory Flat Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Benton County schools showed 47.7% students were White, 44.7% were Black or African American, 2.7% were Two or More Races and 1.6% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are three schools in Benton 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 %
Ashland Elementary School	-	76	5.5	5.5	12.9
Ashland High School	-	82.3	-	-	6.7
Hickory Flat Attendance Center	-	10.1	-	2.3	85.7

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