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Of the 929 students enrolled in Kemper County schools in 2019-2020, 96.4% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Kemper County students.

This is a 0.6% decrease from the previous school year.

West Kemper Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Kemper County schools showed 96.4% students were Black or African American.

There are four schools in Kemper County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
East Kemper Attendance Center	-	97.5	-	-	-
Kemper County High School	-	98.2	-	-	-
Kemper County Middle School	-	-	-	-	-
West Kemper Elementary School	-	94.3	-	-	-

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.