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Of the 3,302 students enrolled in Tippah County schools in 2020-2021, 67.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tippah County students.

This is a 0.5% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Tippah County schools showed 67.9% students were White, 18% were Black or African American, 7.4% were Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% were Two or More Races.

There are seven schools in Tippah 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 %
Blue Mountain High School	-	38.1	11.1	6.2	44.6
Chalybeate Elementary School	-	-	-	-	97
Pine Grove High School	-	-	-	-	97.3
Ripley Elementary School	-	27	12.9	9.4	49.9
Ripley High School	-	29.6	13	-	49.4
Ripley Middle School	-	24.3	14.5	8.2	52.7
Walnut Attendance Center	-	10	-	5.5	83.1

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