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Of the 3,824 students enrolled in Neshoba County schools in 2020-2021, 51.5% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Neshoba County students.

This is a 1% decrease from the previous school year.

Neshoba Central Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Neshoba County schools showed 51.5% students were White, 32.4% were Black or African American and 6.3% were Two or More Races.

There are five schools in Neshoba 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 %
Neshoba Central Elementary School	-	18.8	-	10.1	63.4
Neshoba Central High School	-	16.8	-	6.3	62.3
Neshoba Central Middle School	-	19.1	-	7.5	60.9
Philadelphia Elementary School	-	81.3	-	-	12.8
Philadelphia High School	-	81	-	-	15.4

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