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The most racially diverse public schools in Lee County, Mississippi

Across Lee County, Mississippi, 29 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. Joyner Elementary School leads the list at 64.4%, against a median of 56.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lee County, Mississippi

Top Diversity index

64.4%

Median Diversity index

56.3%

MOST DIVERSE · LEE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Joyner Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	444	64.4%	27.9%(124)	50.9%(226)	10.8%(48)	1.4%(6)
2	Early Childhood Education Center	Tupelo, MS	322	63.7%	37.3%(120)	46.3%(149)	7.1%(23)	2.8%(9)
3	Rankin Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	375	62.5%	32.0%(120)	50.7%(190)	11.7%(44)	1.1%(4)
4	Thomas Street Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	374	62.3%	29.9%(112)	52.4%(196)	9.1%(34)	2.9%(11)
5	Tupelo High School	Tupelo, MS	2,123	62.2%	32.8%(696)	50.6%(1,075)	11.3%(241)	2.0%(42)
6	Lawndale Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	378	61.8%	25.1%(95)	55.0%(208)	11.1%(42)	3.7%(14)
7	Pierce Street Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	345	61.4%	33.3%(115)	51.3%(177)	10.4%(36)	2.0%(7)
8	Milam Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	456	61.3%	27.9%(127)	54.4%(248)	10.3%(47)	3.3%(15)
9	Tupelo Middle School	Tupelo, MS	1,070	60.8%	32.1%(344)	52.8%(565)	9.3%(100)	3.2%(34)
10	Carver Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	312	60.3%	29.2%(91)	54.8%(171)	7.4%(23)	1.3%(4)
11	Lawhon Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	575	58.8%	28.7%(165)	56.7%(326)	7.7%(44)	3.3%(19)
12	Nettleton Junior High	Nettleton, MS	243	57.5%	58.9%(143)	23.9%(58)	2.9%(7)	0.0%(0)
13	Parkway Elementary School	Tupelo, MS	418	57.1%	23.2%(97)	60.3%(252)	8.4%(35)	1.9%(8)
14	Shannon Elementary School	SHANNON, MS	257	56.3%	33.1%(85)	56.8%(146)	5.8%(15)	0.4%(1)
15	Baldwyn Elementary	BALDWYN, MS	279	56.3%	50.5%(141)	42.3%(118)	1.4%(4)	0.4%(1)
16	Shannon Primary School	SHANNON, MS	249	56.1%	41.0%(102)	51.8%(129)	4.8%(12)	0.0%(0)
17	Nettleton Elementary School	Nettleton, MS	215	53.8%	60.9%(131)	28.8%(62)	1.9%(4)	0.0%(0)
18	Nettleton Primary School	Nettleton, MS	220	49.0%	65.5%(144)	28.2%(62)	2.3%(5)	0.0%(0)
19	Verona Elementary School	VERONA, MS	364	47.6%	9.9%(36)	70.3%(256)	9.1%(33)	0.3%(1)
20	Nettleton High School	Nettleton, MS	316	47.4%	65.8%(208)	30.4%(96)	2.5%(8)	0.0%(0)
21	Saltillo Elementary School	SALTILLO, MS	696	43.4%	73.0%(508)	17.1%(119)	2.2%(15)	2.0%(14)
22	Saltillo High School	SALTILLO, MS	939	42.8%	72.7%(683)	20.3%(191)	2.5%(23)	1.1%(10)
23	Guntown Middle School	GUNTOWN, MS	674	42.3%	73.7%(497)	17.5%(118)	3.3%(22)	1.6%(11)
24	Saltillo Primary School	SALTILLO, MS	704	39.1%	76.1%(536)	16.2%(114)	2.4%(17)	0.4%(3)
25	Shannon High School	SHANNON, MS	529	39.1%	16.8%(89)	76.0%(402)	5.3%(28)	0.0%(0)
26	Plantersville Middle School	PLANTERSVILLE, MS	241	34.9%	3.7%(9)	79.7%(192)	10.4%(25)	0.0%(0)
27	Mooreville High School	MOOREVILLE, MS	445	27.8%	84.5%(376)	5.4%(24)	6.1%(27)	0.7%(3)
28	Mooreville Elementary School	MOOREVILLE, MS	722	27.6%	84.6%(611)	6.7%(48)	4.7%(34)	0.4%(3)
29	Mooreville Middle School	MOOREVILLE, MS	333	26.6%	85.3%(284)	4.8%(16)	4.8%(16)	1.2%(4)

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