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Of the 10,631 students enrolled in Lauderdale County schools in 2021-2022, 50.3% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lauderdale County students.

This is a 15% increase over the previous school year.

West Lauderdale Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Lauderdale County schools showed 50.3% students were White and 0.4% were Asian.

There are 21 schools in Lauderdale 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 %
Clarkdale Elementary School	-	-	-	-	85.1
Clarkdale High School	-	-	-	-	88.7
Crestwood Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
George Washington Carver Middle School	0	-	-	-	-
Magnolia Middle School	-	-	-	-	5.7
Meridian High School	-	-	-	-	4
Northeast Lauderdale Elementary School	2.2	-	-	-	36.9
Northeast Lauderdale High School	3.3	-	-	-	36.2
Northeast Lauderdale Middle School	-	-	-	-	33.9
Northwest Junior High School	-	-	-	-	3
Oakland Heights Elementary School	0	-	-	-	5.3
Parkview Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Poplar Springs Elementary School	0	-	-	-	10.7
Southeast Lauderdale Elementary School	-	-	-	-	63.8
Southeast Lauderdale High School	-	-	-	-	59.9
Southeast Lauderdale Middle School	-	-	-	-	60.1
T.J. Harris Elementary School	0	-	-	-	2.3
West Hills Elementary School	-	-	-	-	2.7
West Lauderdale Elementary School	0	-	-	-	81.3
West Lauderdale High School	-	-	-	-	78.7
West Lauderdale Middle School	-	-	-	-	78.2

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