This is a 0.7% decrease from the previous school year.
Pine Grove High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 650 students.
A snapshot of South Tippah School District showed 62.3% of students were white, 20.2% were Black, 10.5% were Hispanic, and 5.3% multiracial.
South Tippah School District roughly covers five schools within Tippah County and has a main office in Ripley.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain High School | 0% | 33.6% | 11.6% | 5.9% | 48.9% |
| Pine Grove High School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.8% | 97.2% |
| Ripley Elementary School | 0% | 23.9% | 15.4% | 10.6% | 50.1% |
| Ripley High School | 0% | 28.7% | 13.3% | 6.9% | 51.1% |
| Ripley Middle School | 0% | 25.8% | 15.3% | 9.8% | 49.1% |
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