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Of the 3,771 students enrolled in Tippah County schools in 2022-23 school year, 70.3% were white, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tippah County students.

This is a 1.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Countywide, Pine Grove High School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Tippah County schools showed that 70.3% of the students were white, 16.1% were Black or African American, 7.6% were Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% were multiracial.

There are eight schools within Tippah 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 %
Pine Grove High School	0%	0%	0%	0%	97.2%
Ripley Elementary School	0%	23.9%	15.4%	10.1%	50.1%
Falkner Attendance Center	0%	10.4%	2.7%	3.5%	83.4%
Walnut Attendance Center	0%	10.6%	2.4%	4.1%	82.5%
Ripley Middle School	0%	25.8%	15.3%	9.2%	49.1%
Ripley High School	0%	28.7%	13.3%	6.5%	51.1%
Blue Mountain High School	0%	33.6%	11.6%	0%	48.9%
Chalybeate Elementary School	0%	0%	0%	0%	97.4%