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Mississippi: the most racially diverse school districts

107 districts

Mississippi public school districts ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random from the district belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to qualify. The median ranked district is at 51.8%. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#DistrictStateSchoolsStudentsDiversity index
1BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTMS85,69970.8%
2Marshall County School DistrictMS82,76970.5%
3Corinth School DistrictMS32,40068.8%
4Senatobia Municipal School DistrictMS31,75468.3%
5Pascagoula-Gautier School DistrictMS176,57968.1%
6Scott County School DistrictMS83,98967.2%
7NEW ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLSMS32,14966.3%
8Pontotoc City School DistrictMS52,40066.0%
9DeSoto County School DistrictMS3934,93465.0%
10Oxford School DistrictMS74,76364.7%
11Pearl Public SchoolsMS54,25864.5%
12Forrest County School DistrictMS62,12464.4%
13Harrison County School DistrictMS2214,25364.0%
14Calhoun County School DistrictMS51,98963.8%
15Chickasaw County School DistrictMS52,19763.4%
16Gulfport School DistrictMS95,92763.1%
17Madison County SchoolsMS2112,92663.0%
18Tupelo Public School DistrictMS127,19261.7%
19Copiah County School DistrictMS42,07761.3%
20Neshoba County SchoolsMS32,97260.9%
21Tate County School DistrictMS52,00460.6%
22South Tippah School DistrictMS52,40359.6%
23Covington County School DistrictMS72,49259.4%
24Walthall County School DistrictMS51,69859.0%
25Pass Christian School DistrictMS41,76858.9%
26Forest Municipal School DistrictMS31,63858.4%
27Picayune School DistrictMS83,35958.4%
28Clinton Public School DistrictMS75,14858.3%
29Lamar County School DistrictMS1510,31857.7%
30Leake County School DistrictMS52,40857.6%
31Jones County School DistrictMS98,69357.1%
32Yazoo County School DistrictMS41,21657.1%
33Lawrence County School DistrictMS51,67456.4%
34COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICTMS41,63956.3%
35South Panola School DistrictMS64,22055.9%
36Bay Waveland School DistrictMS41,66455.6%
37Marion County School DistrictMS61,79455.6%
38Wayne County School DistrictMS62,97755.4%
39Amory School DistrictMS41,46155.3%
40Lowndes County School DistrictMS85,26155.2%
41Simpson County School DistrictMS62,79755.2%
42Rankin County School DistrictMS2718,19655.1%
43Lauderdale County School DistrictMS115,94055.0%
44West Jasper School DistrictMS41,37154.4%
45Grenada School DistrictMS33,86354.3%
46Choctaw County SchoolsMS41,23354.1%
47North Pike SchoolsMS42,13553.9%
48Kosciusko School DistrictMS51,97353.8%
49Noxubee County School DistrictMS31,32153.6%
50Lee CountyMS136,34353.6%

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