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Of the 2,681 students enrolled in Clarke County schools in 2019-2020, 58.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Clarke County students.

This is a 0.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Enterprise Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Clarke County schools showed 58.7% students were White and 39.3% were Black or African American.

There are seven schools in Clarke 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 %
Enterprise Elementary School	-	5.9	-	-	93
Enterprise High School	-	11.4	-	-	86.5
Enterprise Middle School	-	10	-	-	86.9
Quitman High School	-	62.2	-	-	36.6
Quitman Junior High School	-	62.5	-	-	35.8
Quitman Lower Elementary School	-	46.4	-	-	51.4
Quitman Upper Elementary School	-	50.4	-	-	46.4

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