NE Mississippi News

Of the 5,678 students enrolled in Alcorn County schools in 2022-23 school year, 72.9% were white, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Alcorn County students.

This is a 0.2% increase over the previous school year.

Countywide, Corinth Elementary School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Alcorn County schools showed that 72.9% of the students were white, 14.4% were Black or African American, 5.8% were Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% were multiracial.

There are 11 schools within Alcorn County.

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 %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Corinth Elementary School	0%	31%	12.7%	10.1%	45%
Corinth Middle School	0%	28%	12.3%	0%	51.9%
Corinth High School	0%	28.8%	13.7%	0%	52.3%
Kossuth Elementary School	0%	0%	0%	2.3%	95.6%
Alcorn Central Elementary School	0%	0%	2.1%	3.9%	91.4%
Kossuth High School	0%	0%	0%	0%	97.5%
Alcorn Central High School	0%	0%	0%	2.6%	93.8%
Kossuth Middle School	0%	0%	0%	0%	95%
Alcorn Central Middle School	0%	0%	0%	4.4%	92.7%
Biggersville Elementary School	0%	13.1%	0%	4.8%	81.2%
Biggersville High School	0%	16.3%	0%	6.8%	75.8%