This is a 0.9% decrease from the previous school year.
Pine Grove High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 659 students.
A snapshot of South Tippah School District schools showed 61.5% of students were white, 21.2% were Black, 10.3% were Hispanic, and 3.4% multiracial.
South Tippah School District roughly covers five schools within Tippah County and has a main office in Ripley.
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 a decade.
The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.
Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in South Tippah School District
Enrollment in South Tippah School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain High School | 0% | 35.7% | 15.1% | 5.0% | 44.2% |
| Pine Grove High School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.0% | 97.0% |
| Ripley Elementary School | 0% | 25.5% | 13.0% | 10.6% | 50.9% |
| Ripley High School | 0% | 31.0% | 12.0% | 7.6% | 49.4% |
| Ripley Middle School | 0% | 25.7% | 16.1% | 8.5% | 49.7% |
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