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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. The median ranked district is at 42.2%. Showing ranks 51 to 100.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsBlack students% Black
51Franklin County School DistrictMS41,14750243.8%
52COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICTMS41,63971143.4%
53DeSoto County School DistrictMS3934,93414,87242.6%
54Lawrence County School DistrictMS51,67470942.4%
55Pascagoula-Gautier School DistrictMS176,5792,77442.2%
56Marshall County School DistrictMS82,7691,13541.0%
57Madison County SchoolsMS2112,9265,28740.9%
58Pearl Public SchoolsMS54,2581,69739.9%
59Forrest County School DistrictMS62,12483839.5%
60Forest Municipal School DistrictMS31,63863738.9%
61Senatobia Municipal School DistrictMS31,75467838.7%
62Lowndes County School DistrictMS85,2611,95937.2%
63Chickasaw County School DistrictMS52,19781637.1%
64Marion County School DistrictMS72,02874536.7%
65Harrison County School DistrictMS2214,2535,10335.8%
66Choctaw County SchoolsMS41,23343935.6%
67Scott County School DistrictMS83,9891,32833.3%
68Amory School DistrictMS41,46148132.9%
69BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTMS85,6991,87232.8%
70Oxford School DistrictMS74,7631,54832.5%
71Tate County School DistrictMS52,00465232.5%
72Lauderdale County School DistrictMS115,9401,89832.0%
73Calhoun County School DistrictMS51,98960330.3%
74Lamar County School DistrictMS1510,3183,04729.5%
75Lee CountyMS136,3431,87129.5%
76Picayune School DistrictMS83,35998629.4%
77Smith County School DistrictMS42,53871828.3%
78Corinth School DistrictMS32,40066227.6%
79Rankin County School DistrictMS2718,1964,84426.6%
80NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLSMS32,14957026.5%
81Pass Christian School DistrictMS41,76845225.6%
82Pontotoc City School DistrictMS52,40061525.6%
83Bay Waveland School DistrictMS41,66438423.1%
84NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTMS21,65036622.2%
85Booneville School DistrictMS31,33729522.1%
86Jones County School DistrictMS98,6931,71419.7%
87Lafayette CountyMS42,85454719.2%
88Stone County School DistrictMS42,53248319.1%
89South Tippah School DistrictMS52,40344118.4%
90Petal School DistrictMS54,25376317.9%
91Neshoba County SchoolsMS32,97250316.9%
92Webster County SchoolsMS41,71727015.7%
93Greene County SchoolsMS51,62125315.6%
94Lincoln County School DistrictMS42,79140214.4%
95Long Beach School DistrictMS52,87440614.1%
96Ocean Springs School DistrictMS65,67771612.6%
97Jackson County School DistrictMS138,84590110.2%
98PONTOTOC COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTMS73,4653239.3%
99Union County School DistrictMS42,9862508.4%
100Poplarville School DistrictMS41,9691628.2%

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