Mississippi: the school districts with the highest share of Black students

109 districts

Mississippi public school districts ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify.

#	District	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Holmes County Consolidated	MS	7	2,300	2,255	98.0%
2	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	MS	11	2,807	2,624	93.5%
3	Jackson Public Schools	MS	35	16,870	15,693	93.0%
4	Columbus Municipal School District	MS	7	3,011	2,785	92.5%
5	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	MS	3	1,824	1,679	92.1%
6	Meridian Public Schools	MS	9	4,385	3,995	91.1%
7	McComb School District	MS	6	2,121	1,888	89.0%
8	Natchez-Adams School District	MS	6	2,554	2,254	88.3%
9	Tunica School District	MS	5	1,598	1,394	87.2%
10	North Panola	MS	4	1,103	949	86.0%
11	Hinds County School District	MS	8	4,940	4,235	85.7%
12	South Pike School District	MS	5	1,461	1,249	85.5%
13	Claiborne County Public Schools	MS	3	1,135	954	84.1%
14	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	MS	12	3,718	3,121	83.9%
15	Jefferson County School District	MS	3	1,083	886	81.8%
16	Laurel School District	MS	6	2,620	2,116	80.8%
17	West Point Consolidated School District	MS	6	2,528	2,011	79.5%
18	Hattiesburg	MS	8	3,918	3,078	78.6%
19	Greenville Public School District	MS	10	3,264	2,535	77.7%
20	Canton Public Schools	MS	7	3,157	2,441	77.3%
21	Hazlehurst City School District	MS	3	1,320	1,005	76.1%
22	Clarksdale Municipal School District	MS	7	1,857	1,353	72.9%
23	MS Achievement SD Of Humphreys County	MS	3	1,130	811	71.8%
24	Moss Point School District	MS	4	1,611	1,136	70.5%
25	Coahoma County School District	MS	5	1,009	706	70.0%
26	Cleveland School District	MS	8	2,793	1,924	68.9%
27	Jeff Davis County School District	MS	4	1,217	799	65.7%
28	Brookhaven School District	MS	5	2,432	1,587	65.3%
29	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	MS	7	4,880	3,145	64.4%
30	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District	MS	2	1,069	684	64.0%
31	Western Line Schools	MS	4	1,739	1,107	63.7%
32	Vicksburg Warren School District	MS	14	6,610	4,124	62.4%
33	Louisville Municipal School District	MS	6	2,413	1,489	61.7%
34	Kosciusko School District	MS	5	1,973	1,194	60.5%
35	Leake County School District	MS	5	2,408	1,435	59.6%
36	Quitman School District	MS	4	1,459	834	57.2%
37	West Jasper School District	MS	4	1,371	784	57.2%
38	Clinton Public School District	MS	7	5,148	2,885	56.0%
39	Walthall County School District	MS	5	1,698	949	55.9%
40	South Panola School District	MS	6	4,220	2,315	54.9%
41	Wayne County School District	MS	6	2,977	1,623	54.5%
42	Yazoo County School District	MS	4	1,216	657	54.0%
43	Simpson County School District	MS	6	2,797	1,498	53.6%
44	Tupelo Public School District	MS	12	7,192	3,783	52.6%
45	Gulfport School District	MS	9	5,927	2,960	49.9%
46	Copiah County School District	MS	4	2,077	1,023	49.3%
47	Grenada School District	MS	3	3,863	1,901	49.2%
48	Noxubee County School District	MS	3	1,321	639	48.4%
49	Covington County School District	MS	7	2,492	1,175	47.2%
50	North Pike Schools	MS	4	2,135	944	44.2%

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