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Of the 2,850 students enrolled in Tishomingo County schools in 2020-2021, 90.1% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tishomingo County students.

This is a 0.2% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Tishomingo County schools showed 90.1% students were White, 3.5% were Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% were Two or More Races and 0.6% 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	-	-	10.2	1.8	86.4
Burnsville Elementary School	-	-	-	-	96.1
Iuka Elementary School	-	-	-	5.4	91.8
Iuka Middle School	-	-	-	6.9	88.3
Tishomingo County High School	-	2.8	2.6	2.3	91.7
Tishomingo Elementary School	-	-	-	5.9	88.1

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