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The public elementary schools with the most Black students in Mississippi

435 public elementary schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the public elementary schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Grenada Elementary School leads the list at 949, against a median of 186 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

435

Mississippi

Top Black students

949

Median Black students

186

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Grenada Elementary School	GRENADA, MS	Grenada School District	2,044	46.4%	949
2	McCoy Elementary School	Yazoo City, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	844	86.0%	726
3	Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School	Starkville, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	1,066	65.1%	694
4	NORTH GULFPORT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDL	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	921	74.0%	682
5	Gary Road Elementary	Byram, MS	Hinds County School District	717	90.7%	650
6	Horn Lake Intermediate School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	914	69.4%	634
7	Sudduth Elementary School	STARKVILLE, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	920	66.4%	611
8	Gary Road Intermediate	Byram, MS	Hinds County School District	680	89.6%	609
9	Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School	Clarksdale, MS	Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School	652	92.6%	604
10	Southaven Intermediate School	Southaven, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,046	55.9%	585
11	McLaurin Elementary	NATCHEZ, MS	Natchez-Adams School District	642	87.7%	563
12	Smilow Collegiate	Jackson, MS	Joel E. Smilow Collegiate	547	96.9%	530
13	New Hope Elementary	COLUMBUS, MS	Lowndes County School District	1,191	44.3%	527
14	Jefferson County Elementary	FAYETTE, MS	Jefferson County School District	512	99.0%	507
15	John Hopkins Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	497	98.4%	489
16	O'Bannon Elementary School	Greenville, MS	Western Line Schools	543	89.7%	487
17	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	Jackson, MS	Ambition Preparatory Charter School	563	85.8%	483
18	Hazlehurst Elementary	HAZLEHURST, MS	Hazlehurst City School District	643	73.7%	474
19	Pleasant Hill Elementary School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,079	43.6%	471
20	Leake Central Elementary School	CARTHAGE, MS	Leake County School District	850	55.2%	469
21	Carver Elementary School	Meridian, MS	Meridian Public Schools	506	91.3%	462
22	Bellevue Elementary	Hattiesburg, MS	Lamar County School District	1,145	39.8%	456
23	Thames Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	619	72.7%	450
24	Batesville Elementary School	Batesville, MS	South Panola School District	741	60.5%	448
25	A. W. Watson Elementary	PORT GIBSON, MS	Claiborne County Public Schools	531	83.8%	445
26	Walton Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	457	97.4%	445
27	Northeast Elementary School	Meridian, MS	Lauderdale County School District	730	60.7%	443
28	Johnson Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	444	98.2%	436
29	Oak Forest Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	436	97.5%	425
30	Pecan Park Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	510	83.3%	425
31	Nora Davis Elementary	Laurel, MS	Laurel School District	519	81.5%	423
32	William Dean Jr Elementary School	Lexington, MS	Holmes County Consolidated	426	98.6%	420
33	Earl Nash Elementary	MACON, MS	Noxubee County School District	611	68.7%	420
34	Clinton Park Elementary School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	746	56.0%	418
35	Ann E. Smith Elementary	RIDGELAND, MS	Madison County Schools	715	57.9%	414
36	Waynesboro Riverview School	Waynesboro, MS	Wayne County School District	491	84.3%	414
37	Otken Elementary School	MCCOMB, MS	McComb School District	458	90.2%	413
38	Wilkins Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	434	93.8%	407
39	Bates Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	482	84.0%	405
40	Madison Crossing Elementary	Canton, MS	Madison County Schools	761	52.0%	396
41	Highland Elementary School	RIDGELAND, MS	Madison County Schools	629	62.0%	390
42	Bel-Aire Elementary	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	598	64.7%	387
43	Crossroads Elementary	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	547	70.8%	387
44	West Hills Elementary	Meridian, MS	Meridian Public Schools	423	91.0%	385
45	Mamie Martin Elementary	BROOKHAVEN, MS	Brookhaven School District	622	61.7%	384
46	Rowan Elementary	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	425	90.3%	384
47	Amite County Elementary	Liberty, MS	Amite County School District	486	78.8%	383
48	Winona Elementary School	Winona, MS	Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District	567	66.8%	379
49	Eastside Elementary School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	747	50.6%	378
50	Boyd Elementary School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	424	88.7%	376

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