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Of the 2,654 students enrolled in Winston County schools in 2020-2021, 64.1% 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 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Louisville High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Winston County schools showed 64.1% students were Black or African American, 31.1% were White and 1.3% 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	-	85.4	-	2.9	10.2
Fair Elementary School	-	87.2	-	-	9.6
Louisville Elementary School	-	84.5	-	-	11.7
Louisville High School	-	87.1	-	-	9.8
Nanih Waiya Attendance Center	-	16.5	-	3.9	74.2
Noxapater Attendance Center	-	44	-	-	52.8

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