This is a one% decrease from the previous school year.
West Lauderdale Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the district with 672 students.
A snapshot of Lauderdale County School District schools showed 59.8% of students were white, 24.4% were Black, 2.2% were Hispanic, 1.5% were multiracial, and 0.6% Asian.
Lauderdale County School District roughly covers 10 schools within Lauderdale County and has a main office in Meridian.
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 a 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 % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkdale Elementary School | 0% | 10.1% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 85.1% |
| Clarkdale High School | 0% | 7.4% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 88.7% |
| Northeast Lauderdale Elementary School | 2.2% | 51.0% | 3.9% | 6.0% | 36.9% |
| Northeast Lauderdale High School | 3.3% | 53.7% | 4.2% | 2.6% | 36.2% |
| Southeast Lauderdale Elementary School | 0% | 30.9% | 0% | 5.3% | 63.8% |
| Southeast Lauderdale High School | 0% | 34.6% | 3.3% | 2.2% | 59.9% |
| Southeast Lauderdale Middle School | 0% | 34.1% | 4.4% | 1.4% | 60.1% |
| West Lauderdale Elementary School | 0% | 14.1% | 1.9% | 2.7% | 81.3% |
| West Lauderdale High School | 0% | 16.6% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 78.7% |
| West Lauderdale Middle School | 0% | 16.7% | 0% | 5.1% | 78.2% |
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