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The most racially diverse public schools in Lamar County, Mississippi

Across Lamar County, Mississippi, 15 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Bellevue Elementary leads the list at 65.4%, against a median of 34.4% 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

Lamar County, Mississippi

Top Diversity index

65.4%

Median Diversity index

34.4%

MOST DIVERSE · LAMAR COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Bellevue Elementary	Hattiesburg, MS	1,145	65.4%	40.9%(468)	39.8%(456)	13.5%(155)	1.1%(12)
2	Longleaf Elementary	Hattiesburg, MS	787	64.7%	37.1%(292)	45.2%(356)	6.2%(49)	3.8%(30)
3	Oak Grove Middle School	Hattiesburg, MS	1,160	64.5%	34.4%(399)	47.2%(547)	10.6%(123)	3.1%(36)
4	Oak Grove High School	Hattiesburg, MS	1,750	64.0%	42.0%(735)	41.5%(726)	9.4%(165)	3.3%(57)
5	Oak Grove Elementary	Hattiesburg, MS	758	62.4%	38.4%(291)	47.0%(356)	5.8%(44)	2.2%(17)
6	Lumberton Elementary School	Lumberton, MS	287	61.6%	44.6%(128)	41.8%(120)	4.2%(12)	0.0%(0)
7	Lumberton High School	Lumberton, MS	268	57.0%	51.1%(137)	40.7%(109)	3.4%(9)	0.4%(1)
8	Purvis Lower Elementary	Purvis, MS	448	34.4%	79.9%(358)	11.4%(51)	2.5%(11)	0.0%(0)
9	Sumrall Middle School	Sumrall, MS	484	33.1%	81.0%(392)	9.3%(45)	3.9%(19)	0.8%(4)
10	Purvis Upper Elementary	Purvis, MS	377	32.0%	81.7%(308)	9.3%(35)	3.2%(12)	0.0%(0)
11	Purvis High School	Purvis, MS	614	31.8%	81.8%(502)	9.9%(61)	4.2%(26)	0.2%(1)
12	Purvis Middle School	Purvis, MS	447	30.2%	82.8%(370)	10.7%(48)	3.1%(14)	0.0%(0)
13	Sumrall High School	Sumrall, MS	616	28.1%	84.1%(518)	10.2%(63)	3.6%(22)	0.5%(3)
14	Sumrall Elementary School	Sumrall, MS	960	26.2%	85.4%(820)	7.6%(73)	2.6%(25)	0.2%(2)
15	Baxterville School	Lumberton, MS	217	10.6%	94.5%(205)	0.5%(1)	1.4%(3)	0.0%(0)

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