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Dr. Lance Evans Mississippi Superintendent of Education | https://www.mdek12.org/sites/default/files/inline-images/dr._lance_evans_2.png
This is a 2.6% decrease from the previous school year.
Countywide, Tupelo High School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.
A snapshot of Lee County schools showed that 48.5% of the students were white, 40.7% were Black or African American, 4.1% were multiracial, 3.8% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.7% were Asian.
There are 29 schools within Lee 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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tupelo High School | 0% | 51.9% | 8.3% | 3.9% | 33.4% |
| Tupelo Middle School | 1.6% | 49.6% | 6% | 7.5% | 35.3% |
| Saltillo High School | 1.3% | 18.2% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 77.2% |
| Saltillo Primary School | 0% | 16.1% | 1.4% | 6.7% | 74.6% |
| Guntown Middle School | 0% | 18% | 1.6% | 3.2% | 75.7% |
| Saltillo Elementary School | 1.9% | 14.5% | 1.5% | 5.2% | 76.9% |
| Mooreville Elementary School | 0% | 6.8% | 0% | 4% | 87.1% |
| Milam Elementary School | 3.4% | 53.3% | 5.8% | 4.7% | 32.9% |
| Lawhon Elementary School | 4.9% | 53.1% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 31.5% |
| Shannon High School | 0% | 73.1% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 21.7% |
| Mooreville High School | 0% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 0% | 87.6% |
| Parkway Elementary School | 0% | 58.4% | 0% | 10% | 21.7% |
| Nettleton Intermediate School | 0% | 28.3% | 0% | 0% | 67.7% |
| Joyner Elementary School | 0% | 52.2% | 6% | 8.7% | 31.7% |
| Thomas Street Elementary School | 2.5% | 55.5% | 5.7% | 6.5% | 29.9% |
| Lawndale Elementary School | 0% | 59.7% | 8% | 0% | 24.6% |
| Mooreville Middle School | 0% | 7.3% | 4% | 0% | 86% |
| Rankin Elementary School | 0% | 50.6% | 9.3% | 4.8% | 32.9% |
| Nettleton High School | 0% | 33.6% | 0% | 0% | 64.9% |
| Pierce Street Elementary School | 0% | 46.4% | 9.2% | 0% | 38.4% |
| Verona Elementary School | 0% | 79.9% | 4.9% | 6.2% | 9% |
| Nettleton Primary School | 0% | 30.5% | 0% | 0% | 66% |
| Carver Elementary School | 3.8% | 58.4% | 3.2% | 5.1% | 29% |
| Baldwyn Elementary School | 0% | 40.6% | 0% | 5.8% | 51.6% |
| Early Childhood Education Center | 0% | 46.5% | 0% | 12.3% | 35.6% |
| Plantersville Middle School | 0% | 83.9% | 6.9% | 4% | 5.1% |
| Shannon Primary School | 0% | 50.6% | 0% | 0% | 42.9% |
| Shannon Elementary School | 0% | 58.1% | 0% | 0% | 33.7% |
| Shannon Middle School | 0% | 60.4% | 0% | 0% | 34.7% |
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