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Of the 2,728 students enrolled in Winston County schools in 2019-2020, 63.7% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Winston County students.

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

Louisville High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Winston County schools showed 63.7% students were Black or African American, 31.5% were White and 2.5% were Two or More Races.

There are six schools in Winston 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 %
Eiland Middle School	-	86.7	-	2.2	9.5
Fair Elementary School	-	81.8	-	3	14.1
Louisville Elementary School	-	85.4	-	2.3	11.2
Louisville High School	-	84	-	-	13.1
Nanih Waiya Attendance Center	-	18.3	-	3.6	73.3
Noxapater Attendance Center	-	41.1	-	3.7	54.3

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