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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
51	North Bay Elementary School	Biloxi	658	66.1%	51.2%(337)	21.0%(138)	15.2%(100)	3.6%(24)
52	Houston High School	Houston	529	66.1%	44.0%(233)	35.4%(187)	9.8%(52)	0.4%(2)
53	New Albany Elementary School	New Albany	1,074	66.0%	48.2%(518)	26.2%(281)	19.1%(205)	1.9%(20)
54	Pascagoula High	Pascagoula	1,127	66.0%	26.7%(301)	46.6%(525)	22.4%(253)	0.3%(3)
55	Nicholson Elementary	Picayune	324	65.9%	47.5%(154)	25.9%(84)	21.3%(69)	0.6%(2)
56	New Albany Middle School	New Albany	470	65.9%	48.3%(227)	27.7%(130)	16.8%(79)	2.8%(13)
57	Chickasaw Elementary School	Olive Branch	500	65.9%	35.4%(177)	44.6%(223)	10.2%(51)	2.0%(10)
58	Overpark Elementary School	OLIVE BRANCH	635	65.8%	32.0%(203)	46.6%(296)	13.5%(86)	2.0%(13)
59	DeSoto Central Middle School	Southaven	1,388	65.8%	31.1%(432)	47.9%(665)	8.8%(122)	4.3%(59)
60	Northside Elementary	PEARL	665	65.8%	42.9%(285)	37.4%(249)	11.9%(79)	0.6%(4)
61	Woolmarket Elementary	Biloxi	533	65.8%	42.4%(226)	16.1%(86)	36.8%(196)	2.8%(15)
62	H. W. Byers Elementary	HOLLY SPRINGS	262	65.6%	27.1%(71)	47.0%(123)	22.1%(58)	0.4%(1)
63	St. Martin North Elementary	Biloxi	537	65.6%	52.3%(281)	21.6%(116)	9.7%(52)	5.0%(27)
64	Parks Elementary School	CLEVELAND	265	65.6%	35.5%(94)	45.3%(120)	7.2%(19)	3.8%(10)
65	DT Cox Elementary School	Pontotoc	354	65.5%	49.1%(174)	23.7%(84)	21.2%(75)	2.0%(7)
66	Lake Cormorant Middle School	Lake Cormorant	707	65.5%	35.4%(250)	44.5%(315)	13.2%(93)	0.4%(3)
67	Corinth High School	CORINTH	610	65.4%	50.0%(305)	25.1%(153)	16.2%(99)	0.8%(5)
68	Bellevue Elementary	Hattiesburg	1,145	65.4%	40.9%(468)	39.8%(456)	13.5%(155)	1.1%(12)
69	Houston Middle School	Houston	352	65.4%	44.3%(156)	36.1%(127)	8.5%(30)	0.0%(0)
70	Pontotoc Middle School	Pontotoc	316	65.3%	48.7%(154)	28.2%(89)	16.8%(53)	0.9%(3)
71	Center Hill Elementary School	Olive Branch	788	65.1%	41.2%(325)	40.7%(321)	9.8%(77)	2.9%(23)
72	Richland Elementary	Richland	369	65.1%	51.5%(190)	20.9%(77)	18.2%(67)	0.5%(2)
73	Ripley Middle School	Ripley	459	65.0%	51.0%(234)	22.2%(102)	18.3%(84)	0.2%(1)
74	Pontotoc High School	Pontotoc	712	65.0%	46.9%(334)	27.1%(193)	23.6%(168)	0.1%(1)
75	Oxford Middle School	Oxford	667	64.9%	47.8%(319)	32.5%(217)	11.2%(75)	4.7%(31)
76	CREEKBEND ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE	Biloxi	996	64.9%	50.9%(507)	28.0%(279)	5.1%(51)	7.2%(72)
77	Olive Branch Intermediate School	Olive Branch	472	64.8%	35.8%(169)	45.5%(215)	10.2%(48)	0.8%(4)
78	Bayou View Middle	Gulfport	827	64.8%	46.7%(386)	33.7%(279)	13.3%(110)	1.7%(14)
79	Longleaf Elementary	Hattiesburg	787	64.7%	37.1%(292)	45.2%(356)	6.2%(49)	3.8%(30)
80	Raymond Elementary/Carver Middle	Raymond	453	64.6%	19.9%(90)	51.9%(235)	9.1%(41)	0.0%(0)
81	Lake Cormorant Elementary	LAKE CORMORANT	635	64.6%	48.0%(305)	32.3%(205)	11.5%(73)	0.5%(3)
82	Pearl Upper School	PEARL	608	64.5%	46.2%(281)	35.2%(214)	12.0%(73)	0.7%(4)
83	Highland Bluff Elementary	Brandon	491	64.5%	49.1%(241)	31.8%(156)	5.9%(29)	4.3%(21)
84	Oak Grove Middle School	Hattiesburg	1,160	64.5%	34.4%(399)	47.2%(547)	10.6%(123)	3.1%(36)
85	Joyner Elementary School	Tupelo	444	64.4%	27.9%(124)	50.9%(226)	10.8%(48)	1.4%(6)
86	H. W. Byers High School	HOLLY SPRINGS	362	64.2%	20.7%(75)	51.1%(185)	22.4%(81)	0.0%(0)
87	West Jones High School	Laurel	1,587	64.1%	49.9%(792)	23.1%(366)	23.7%(376)	0.8%(13)
88	Central Elementary	Pascagoula	245	64.1%	29.0%(71)	49.8%(122)	15.9%(39)	0.4%(1)
89	Oak Grove High School	Hattiesburg	1,750	64.0%	42.0%(735)	41.5%(726)	9.4%(165)	3.3%(57)
90	Kosciusko Upper Elementary	KOSCIUSKO	252	63.9%	24.2%(61)	50.8%(128)	3.6%(9)	0.8%(2)
91	Oxford Early Childhood Center	Oxford	277	63.8%	44.8%(124)	39.0%(108)	6.9%(19)	4.7%(13)
92	Potts Camp High School	Potts Camp	356	63.8%	25.3%(90)	16.0%(57)	7.0%(25)	0.0%(0)
93	Lake Cormorant High School	Lake Cormorant	991	63.7%	32.2%(319)	48.5%(481)	14.8%(147)	0.5%(5)
94	Early Childhood Education Center	Tupelo	322	63.7%	37.3%(120)	46.3%(149)	7.1%(23)	2.8%(9)
95	Northwest Elementary	Flowood	477	63.7%	49.5%(236)	32.9%(157)	4.8%(23)	6.3%(30)
96	Center Hill Middle School	Olive Branch	757	63.7%	34.5%(261)	48.2%(365)	9.5%(72)	3.3%(25)
97	Pearl Jr High School	PEARL	944	63.5%	43.2%(408)	40.4%(381)	12.1%(114)	0.7%(7)
98	Walls Elementary School	Walls	722	63.4%	27.4%(198)	51.1%(369)	16.5%(119)	0.0%(0)
99	DeSoto Central High School	Southaven	2,004	63.4%	34.6%(693)	48.6%(974)	7.7%(155)	3.9%(79)
100	D'Iberville High	Biloxi	1,478	63.2%	54.1%(799)	23.3%(344)	12.8%(189)	6.4%(94)

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