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The public schools with the most Black students in Mississippi

848 public schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Murrah High School leads the list at 1,200, against a median of 187 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

848

Mississippi

Top Black students

1,200

Median Black students

187

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Murrah High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	1,259	95.3%	1,200
2	Meridian High School	Meridian, MS	Meridian Public Schools	1,253	92.3%	1,157
3	Southaven High School	SOUTHAVEN, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,876	61.1%	1,146
4	Tupelo High School	Tupelo, MS	Tupelo Public School District	2,123	50.6%	1,075
5	Terry High School	Terry, MS	Hinds County School District	1,127	93.3%	1,051
6	Forest Hill High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	1,139	91.7%	1,044
7	DeSoto Central High School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	2,004	48.6%	974
8	Callaway High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	994	95.9%	953
9	Grenada Elementary School	GRENADA, MS	Grenada School District	2,044	46.4%	949
10	Horn Lake High School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,271	74.3%	945
11	Jim Hill High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	975	95.4%	930
12	Starkville High School	Starkville, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	1,376	66.2%	911
13	Lanier Junior/Senior High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	895	98.3%	880
14	Southaven Middle School	SOUTHAVEN, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,423	61.4%	873
15	Hattiesburg High School	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	1,014	85.5%	867
16	Gulfport High School	Gulfport, MS	Gulfport School District	1,702	50.4%	857
17	West Point High School	WEST POINT, MS	West Point Consolidated School District	1,010	80.9%	817
18	Columbus High School	Columbus, MS	Columbus Municipal School District	865	94.0%	813
19	Clinton High School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	1,339	59.5%	797
20	Provine High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	791	95.7%	757
21	Harrison Central High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	1,483	50.9%	755
22	Oak Grove High School	Hattiesburg, MS	Lamar County School District	1,750	41.5%	726
23	McCoy Elementary School	Yazoo City, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	844	86.0%	726
24	Byram Middle School	Terry, MS	Hinds County School District	785	90.6%	711
25	Holmes County Central High School	Lexington, MS	Holmes County Consolidated	714	98.7%	705
26	Canton High School	Canton, MS	Canton Public Schools	899	77.6%	698
27	Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School	Starkville, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	1,066	65.1%	694
28	Horn Lake Middle School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	948	73.0%	692
29	Powell Middle School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	704	97.3%	685
30	NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	921	74.0%	682
31	Greenville High School	Greenville, MS	Greenville Public School District	836	81.2%	679
32	Vicksburg High School	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	785	85.9%	674
33	Ridgeland High School	Ridgeland, MS	Madison County Schools	995	67.5%	672
34	DeSoto Central Middle School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,388	47.9%	665
35	Gary Road Elementary	Byram, MS	Hinds County School District	717	90.7%	650
36	South Panola High School	Batesville, MS	South Panola School District	1,113	57.6%	641
37	Northwest High School	Flowood, MS	Rankin County School District	1,855	34.2%	635
38	Horn Lake Intermediate School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	914	69.4%	634
39	Warren Central High	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	1,145	54.6%	625
40	Sudduth Elementary School	STARKVILLE, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	920	66.4%	611
41	Brandon High School	Brandon, MS	Rankin County School District	1,609	38.0%	611
42	Gary Road Intermediate	Byram, MS	Hinds County School District	680	89.6%	609
43	Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School	Clarksdale, MS	Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School	652	92.6%	604
44	Greenwood High School/Votech	Greenwood, MS	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	633	92.6%	586
45	Southaven Intermediate School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,046	55.9%	585
46	McComb High School	MCCOMB, MS	McComb School District	632	91.0%	575
47	Cleveland Central High School	CLEVELAND, MS	Cleveland School District	799	71.8%	574
48	Laurel High School	LAUREL, MS	Laurel School District	732	78.4%	574
49	Center Hill High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,059	53.9%	571
50	Tupelo Middle School	Tupelo, MS	Tupelo Public School District	1,070	52.8%	565

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