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The public high schools with the most Black students in Mississippi

199 public high schools in Mississippi appear in this ranking of the public high 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 228 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

199

Mississippi

Top Black students

1,200

Median Black students

228

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	Horn Lake High School	Horn Lake, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,271	74.3%	945
10	Jim Hill High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	975	95.4%	930
11	Starkville High School	Starkville, MS	Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	1,376	66.2%	911
12	Lanier Junior/Senior High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	895	98.3%	880
13	Hattiesburg High School	HATTIESBURG, MS	Hattiesburg	1,014	85.5%	867
14	Gulfport High School	Gulfport, MS	Gulfport School District	1,702	50.4%	857
15	West Point High School	WEST POINT, MS	West Point Consolidated School District	1,010	80.9%	817
16	Columbus High School	Columbus, MS	Columbus Municipal School District	865	94.0%	813
17	Clinton High School	Clinton, MS	Clinton Public School District	1,339	59.5%	797
18	Provine High School	Jackson, MS	Jackson Public Schools	791	95.7%	757
19	Harrison Central High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	1,483	50.9%	755
20	Oak Grove High School	Hattiesburg, MS	Lamar County School District	1,750	41.5%	726
21	Holmes County Central High School	Lexington, MS	Holmes County Consolidated	714	98.7%	705
22	Canton High School	Canton, MS	Canton Public Schools	899	77.6%	698
23	Greenville High School	Greenville, MS	Greenville Public School District	836	81.2%	679
24	Vicksburg High School	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	785	85.9%	674
25	Ridgeland High School	Ridgeland, MS	Madison County Schools	995	67.5%	672
26	South Panola High School	Batesville, MS	South Panola School District	1,113	57.6%	641
27	Northwest High School	Flowood, MS	Rankin County School District	1,855	34.2%	635
28	Warren Central High	VICKSBURG, MS	Vicksburg Warren School District	1,145	54.6%	625
29	Brandon High School	Brandon, MS	Rankin County School District	1,609	38.0%	611
30	Greenwood High School/Votech	Greenwood, MS	Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	633	92.6%	586
31	McComb High School	MCCOMB, MS	McComb School District	632	91.0%	575
32	Cleveland Central High School	CLEVELAND, MS	Cleveland School District	799	71.8%	574
33	Laurel High School	LAUREL, MS	Laurel School District	732	78.4%	574
34	Center Hill High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,059	53.9%	571
35	Olive Branch High School	Olive Branch, MS	DeSoto County School District	1,058	52.8%	559
36	Grenada High School	GRENADA, MS	Grenada School District	1,026	53.6%	550
37	Germantown High School	Madison, MS	Madison County Schools	1,411	38.7%	546
38	Biloxi High School	Biloxi, MS	BILOXI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT	1,669	32.6%	545
39	Pearl High School	PEARL, MS	Pearl Public Schools	1,278	42.6%	545
40	Natchez High School	NATCHEZ, MS	Natchez-Adams School District	606	88.6%	537
41	Pascagoula High	Pascagoula, MS	Pascagoula-Gautier School District	1,127	46.6%	525
42	Yazoo City High School	YAZOO CITY, MS	MS Achievement SD Of Yazoo City	531	97.4%	517
43	Brookhaven High School	BROOKHAVEN, MS	Brookhaven School District	761	66.0%	502
44	Lake Cormorant High School	Lake Cormorant, MS	DeSoto County School District	991	48.5%	481
45	Oxford High School	Oxford, MS	Oxford School District	1,335	33.9%	453
46	Gentry High School	Indianola, MS	Sunflower County Consolidated School District	465	95.0%	442
47	Raymond High School	Raymond, MS	Hinds County School District	539	80.9%	436
48	West Harrison High	Gulfport, MS	Harrison County School District	1,216	35.8%	435
49	Tylertown High School	Tylertown, MS	Walthall County School District	526	80.0%	421
50	Louisville High	LOUISVILLE, MS	Louisville Municipal School District	475	87.4%	415

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