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Of the 3,476 students enrolled in Newton County schools in 2021-2022, 72.6% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Newton County students.

This is a 20.3% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Newton County schools showed 72.6% students were White and 0.6% 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	-	-	-	-	5.1
Newton County Elementary School	1.7	-	-	-	70.9
Newton County High School	-	-	-	-	67.8
Newton Elementary School	-	-	-	-	5
Newton High School	-	-	-	-	-
Union Elementary School	0	-	-	-	69.9
Union High School	-	-	-	-	71.3
Union Middle School	0	-	-	-	75

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