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Most racially diverse Mississippi public schools

Mississippi public schools ranked by diversity index: the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.

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MISSISSIPPI · MOST RACIALLY DIVERSE

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
501	Myrtle Attendance Center	MYRTLE	698	35.2%	79.1%(552)	14.3%(100)	2.6%(18)	0.0%(0)
502	South Pontotoc Elementary School	Pontotoc	776	35.1%	79.6%(618)	7.6%(59)	8.1%(63)	0.0%(0)
503	Thrasher High School	Booneville	387	35.1%	79.1%(306)	5.7%(22)	0.8%(3)	0.0%(0)
504	Nichols Middle School	Canton	362	35.0%	0.6%(2)	78.7%(285)	17.1%(62)	0.3%(1)
505	Church Hill Elementary School	West Point	379	34.9%	15.0%(57)	79.2%(300)	2.1%(8)	0.3%(1)
506	Plantersville Middle School	PLANTERSVILLE	241	34.9%	3.7%(9)	79.7%(192)	10.4%(25)	0.0%(0)
507	Canton High School	Canton	899	34.8%	0.1%(1)	77.6%(698)	16.1%(145)	0.3%(3)
508	South Pontotoc Middle School	Pontotoc	379	34.8%	79.7%(302)	6.3%(24)	11.3%(43)	0.0%(0)
509	Hattiesburg STEAM Academy	Hattiesburg	263	34.7%	3.8%(10)	79.8%(210)	10.3%(27)	0.0%(0)
510	South Forrest Attendance Center	Brooklyn	604	34.6%	80.0%(483)	5.3%(32)	6.0%(36)	0.0%(0)
511	Oak Park Elementary School	LAUREL	405	34.6%	1.2%(5)	79.3%(321)	15.6%(63)	0.0%(0)
512	Purvis Lower Elementary	Purvis	448	34.4%	79.9%(358)	11.4%(51)	2.5%(11)	0.0%(0)
513	Laurel Middle School	Laurel	388	34.1%	2.3%(9)	79.9%(310)	13.9%(54)	0.0%(0)
514	Bogue Chitto School	BOGUE CHITTO	747	34.0%	79.4%(593)	16.9%(126)	0.7%(5)	0.0%(0)
515	Walnut Attendance Center	WALNUT	480	34.0%	80.2%(385)	11.5%(55)	2.9%(14)	0.0%(0)
516	Leflore Elementary School	ITTA BENA	306	33.9%	0.3%(1)	80.1%(245)	10.8%(33)	0.0%(0)
517	Tylertown High School	Tylertown	526	33.8%	9.9%(52)	80.0%(421)	3.2%(17)	0.6%(3)
518	Amite County High School	LIBERTY	284	33.7%	12.3%(35)	80.3%(228)	1.1%(3)	0.3%(1)
519	Green Hill Intermediate	SARDIS	264	33.6%	3.0%(8)	79.9%(211)	1.5%(4)	0.0%(0)
520	Leakesville Jr. High	Leakesville	325	33.6%	79.7%(259)	16.9%(55)	1.2%(4)	0.3%(1)
521	Puckett Elementary	Puckett	351	33.5%	80.1%(281)	14.8%(52)	1.4%(5)	0.0%(0)
522	O'Bannon High School	Greenville	474	33.2%	3.6%(17)	79.3%(376)	1.5%(7)	0.8%(4)
523	Sumrall Middle School	Sumrall	484	33.1%	81.0%(392)	9.3%(45)	3.9%(19)	0.8%(4)
524	N R Burger Middle	HATTIESBURG	525	33.1%	2.7%(14)	80.8%(424)	11.4%(60)	0.0%(0)
525	Raymond High School	Raymond	539	33.1%	10.2%(55)	80.9%(436)	5.8%(31)	0.2%(1)
526	Vicksburg Junior High	VICKSBURG	409	33.1%	12.5%(51)	80.7%(330)	2.2%(9)	0.0%(0)
527	Philadelphia Elementary School	Philadelphia	430	33.1%	8.6%(37)	81.2%(349)	2.6%(11)	2.3%(10)
528	Florence Elementary	Florence	537	33.0%	80.6%(433)	13.2%(71)	1.5%(8)	0.2%(1)
529	Pisgah Elementary	Brandon	556	32.7%	81.1%(451)	10.6%(59)	2.9%(16)	0.4%(2)
530	EAST MARION HIGH SCHOOL	Columbia	216	32.7%	17.6%(38)	80.1%(173)	0.9%(2)	0.0%(0)
531	Osyka Elementary School	Osyka	214	32.7%	16.4%(35)	80.4%(172)	0.5%(1)	0.5%(1)
532	Poplarville Lower Elementary	POPLARVILLE	521	32.6%	81.2%(423)	10.0%(52)	2.1%(11)	0.0%(0)
533	Sebastopol Attendance Center	SEBASTOPOL	684	32.4%	80.8%(553)	14.5%(99)	1.3%(9)	0.1%(1)
534	West Point High School	WEST POINT	1,010	32.4%	14.5%(146)	80.9%(817)	1.2%(12)	0.5%(5)
535	Hancock High School	Kiln	1,184	32.3%	81.6%(966)	8.4%(100)	5.8%(69)	0.8%(9)
536	Falkner Attendance Center	Falkner	476	32.3%	81.5%(388)	8.8%(42)	3.4%(16)	0.0%(0)
537	Hazlehurst High School	HAZLEHURST	385	32.2%	2.6%(10)	81.0%(312)	14.0%(54)	0.0%(0)
538	Wayne Central School	Waynesboro	459	32.2%	12.4%(57)	81.3%(373)	2.8%(13)	0.2%(1)
539	Amanda Elzy High School	Greenwood	367	32.0%	0.5%(2)	81.5%(299)	8.7%(32)	0.0%(0)
540	Purvis Upper Elementary	Purvis	377	32.0%	81.7%(308)	9.3%(35)	3.2%(12)	0.0%(0)
541	Florence Middle School	Florence	556	32.0%	81.5%(453)	12.1%(67)	2.7%(15)	0.0%(0)
542	West Wortham Elementary and Middle School	SAUCIER	844	31.9%	82.0%(692)	5.6%(47)	6.2%(52)	1.1%(9)
543	Purvis High School	Purvis	614	31.8%	81.8%(502)	9.9%(61)	4.2%(26)	0.2%(1)
544	Laurel Upper Elementary	Laurel	253	31.8%	1.2%(3)	81.0%(205)	15.8%(40)	0.0%(0)
545	Tunica Middle School	TUNICA	334	31.8%	1.5%(5)	81.1%(271)	2.1%(7)	0.0%(0)
546	Leland School Park	LELAND	232	31.8%	4.7%(11)	81.9%(190)	5.2%(12)	0.0%(0)
547	Pope School	Pope	549	31.4%	81.4%(447)	14.8%(81)	0.9%(5)	0.0%(0)
548	South Pontotoc High School	PONTOTOC	455	31.4%	82.0%(373)	7.5%(34)	9.0%(41)	0.7%(3)
549	Nora Davis Elementary	Laurel	519	31.2%	1.0%(5)	81.5%(423)	15.4%(80)	0.4%(2)
550	Perkinston Elementary School	Perkinston	503	31.0%	82.3%(414)	10.1%(51)	1.6%(8)	0.4%(2)

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