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Of the 5,632 students enrolled in Alcorn County schools in 2021-2022, 95.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Alcorn County students.

This is a 21.3% increase over the previous school year.

Corinth Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Alcorn County schools showed 95.9% students were White.

There are 11 schools in Alcorn 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 %
Alcorn Central Elementary School	-	-	-	-	93
Alcorn Central High School	0	-	-	-	94.8
Alcorn Central Middle School	-	-	-	-	91.9
Biggersville Elementary School	-	-	-	-	79.1
Biggersville High School	-	-	-	-	73.3
Corinth Elementary School	-	-	-	-	47.8
Corinth High School	-	-	-	-	54
Corinth Middle School	-	-	-	-	51.8
Kossuth Elementary School	0	-	-	-	95.2
Kossuth High School	0	-	-	-	96.5
Kossuth Middle School	-	-	-	-	96.4

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