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Of the 3,624 students enrolled in Newton County schools in 2019-2020, 54.6% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Newton County students.

This is a 0.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Newton County High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Newton County schools showed 54.6% students were White, 39.6% were Black or African American, 0.5% were Two or More Races, 0.4% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.3% were Asian.

There are eight schools in Newton 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 %
N.H. Pilate Middle School	-	92.5	-	-	5.5
Newton County Elementary School	1.3	21.2	1.8	-	72.2
Newton County High School	-	22.8	-	-	68
Newton Elementary School	-	89.2	-	-	5.4
Newton High School	-	94.9	-	-	3.9
Union Elementary School	-	22.7	-	5.1	72.2
Union High School	-	24.9	-	-	71.5
Union Middle School	-	21.5	-	-	75

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