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This is a 0.5% decrease from the previous school year.
Union Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the district with 360 students.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.9%, followed by white students at 42.1%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
Enrollment Numbers per District
| District | Districts’ city with main office | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen School District | Aberdeen | 998 |
| Alcorn School District | Corinth | 3,188 |
| Ambition Preparatory | Jackson | 395 |
| Amite County School District | Liberty | 853 |
| Amory School District | Amory | 1,518 |
| Attala County School District | Kosciusko | 1,004 |
| Baldwyn School District | Baldwyn | 756 |
| Bay St Louis Waveland School District | Bay St. Louis | 1,672 |
| Benton County School District | Ashland | 961 |
| Biloxi Public School District | Biloxi | 5,812 |
| Booneville School District | Booneville | 1,321 |
| Brookhaven School District | Brookhaven | 2,586 |
| Calhoun County School District | Pittsboro | 2,080 |
| Canton Public School District | Canton | 3,166 |
| Carroll County School District | Carrollton | 805 |
| Chickasaw County School District | Houston | 2,214 |
| Choctaw County School District | Ackerman | 1,230 |
| Claiborne County School District | Port Gibson | 1,188 |
| Clarksdale Collegiate | Clarksdale | 511 |
| Clarksdale Municipal School District | Clarksdale | 2,118 |
| Cleveland School District | Cleveland | 2,818 |
| Clinton Public School District | Clinton | 5,211 |
| Coahoma County School District | Clarksdale | 988 |
| Coffeeville School District | Coffeeville | 417 |
| Columbia School District | Columbia | 1,646 |
| Columbus Municipal School District | Columbus | 3,090 |
| Copiah County School District | Hazlehurst | 2,205 |
| Corinth School District | Corinth | 2,490 |
| Covington County School District | Collins | 2,609 |
| Desoto County School District | Hernando | 35,003 |
| East Jasper Consolidated School District | Heidelberg | 755 |
| East Tallahatchie Consolidated School District | Charleston | 853 |
| Enterprise School District | Enterprise | 955 |
| Forest Municipal School District | Forest | 1,645 |
| Forrest County Agricultural High School | Brooklyn | 611 |
| Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 2,129 |
| Franklin County School District | Meadville | 1,211 |
| George County School District | Lucedale | 4,165 |
| Greene County School District | Leakesville | 1,640 |
| Greenville Public School District | Greenville | 3,542 |
| Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District | Greenwood | 4,030 |
| Grenada School District | Grenada | 3,864 |
| Gulfport School District | Gulfport | 6,113 |
| Hancock County School District | Kiln | 4,060 |
| Harrison County School District | Gulfport | 14,355 |
| Hattiesburg Public School District | Hattiesburg | 3,667 |
| Hazlehurst City School District | Hazlehurst | 1,368 |
| Hinds County School District | Raymond | 4,968 |
| Hollandale School District | Hollandale | 548 |
| Holly Springs School District | Holly Springs | 1,025 |
| Holmes Consolidated School District | Lexington | 2,544 |
| Humphreys County School District | Belzoni | 1,207 |
| Itawamba County School District | Fulton | 3,375 |
| Jackson County School District | Vancleave | 8,906 |
| Jackson Public School District | Jackson | 18,710 |
| Jefferson County School District | Fayette | 1,063 |
| Jefferson Davis County School District | Prentiss | 1,235 |
| Joel E. Smilow Collegiate | Jackson | 569 |
| Jones County School District | Ellisville | 8,524 |
| Kemper County School District | De Kalb | 884 |
| Kosciusko School District | Kosciusko | 2,123 |
| Lafayette County School District | Oxford | 2,872 |
| Lamar County School District | Purvis | 10,276 |
| Lauderdale County School District | Meridian | 5,910 |
| Laurel School District | Laurel | 2,712 |
| Lawrence County School District | Monticello | 1,696 |
| Leake County School District | Carthage | 2,532 |
| Lee County School District | Tupelo | 6,303 |
| Leflore Legacy Academy | Greenwood | 241 |
| Leland School District | Leland | 700 |
| Lincoln County School District | Brookhaven | 2,795 |
| Long Beach School District | Long Beach | 2,929 |
| Louisville Municipal School District | Louisville | 2,523 |
| Lowndes County School District | Columbus | 5,261 |
| Madison County School District | Ridgeland | 13,162 |
| Marion County School District | Columbia | 1,904 |
| Marshall County School District | Holly Springs | 2,777 |
| Mccomb School District | Mc Comb | 2,140 |
| Mdhs Division Of Youth Services | Raymond | 28 |
| Meridian Public School District | Meridian | 4,614 |
| Midtown Public Charter School | Jackson | 284 |
| Monroe County School District | Amory | 2,119 |
| Moss Point Separate School District | Moss Point | 1,569 |
| Ms Sch For Math And Sc | Columbus | 231 |
| Ms School For The Arts | Brookhaven | 86 |
| MS School for the Blind and Deaf | Jackson | 122 |
| Natchez-Adams School District | Natchez | 2,842 |
| Neshoba County School District | Philadelphia | 3,038 |
| Nettleton School District | Nettleton | 1,112 |
| New Albany Public Schools | New Albany | 2,114 |
| Newton County School District | Decatur | 1,688 |
| Newton Municipal School District | Newton | 816 |
| North Bolivar Consolidated School District | Mound Bayou | 780 |
| North Panola School District | Sardis | 1,219 |
| North Pike School District | Summit | 2,245 |
| North Tippah School District | Falkner | 1,286 |
| Noxubee County School District | Macon | 1,397 |
| Ocean Springs School District | Ocean Springs | 5,861 |
| Okolona Separate School District | Okolona | 511 |
| Oxford School District | Oxford | 4,766 |
| Pascagoula Gautier School District | Pascagoula | 6,565 |
| Pass Christian Public School District | Pass Christian | 1,944 |
| Pearl Public School District | Pearl | 4,216 |
| Pearl River County School District | Carriere | 3,284 |
| Perry County School District | New Augusta | 933 |
| Petal School District | Petal | 4,392 |
| Philadelphia Public School District | Philadelphia | 829 |
| Picayune School District | Picayune | 3,431 |
| Pontotoc City School District | Pontotoc | 2,302 |
| Pontotoc County School District | Pontotoc | 3,466 |
| Poplarville Separate School District | Poplarville | 1,909 |
| Prentiss County School District | Booneville | 2,278 |
| Quitman County School District | Marks | 852 |
| Quitman School District | Quitman | 1,593 |
| Rankin County School District | Brandon | 18,720 |
| Reimagine Prep | Jackson | 514 |
| Richton School District | Richton | 597 |
| Roger Amos Mcmurtry Adm | Gulfport | 21 |
| Scott County School District | Forest | 3,989 |
| Senatobia Municipal School District | Senatobia | 1,666 |
| Simpson County School District | Mendenhall | 3,008 |
| Smilow Prep | Jackson | 577 |
| Smith County School District | Raleigh | 2,443 |
| South Delta School District | Rolling Fork | 604 |
| South Panola School District | Batesville | 4,313 |
| South Pike School District | Magnolia | 1,557 |
| South Tippah School District | Ripley | 2,485 |
| Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District | Starkville | 4,894 |
| Stone County School District | Wiggins | 2,518 |
| Sunflower County Consolidate School District | Indianola | 2,929 |
| Tate County School District | Coldwater | 2,014 |
| Tishomingo County School District | Iuka | 2,897 |
| Tunica County School District | Tunica | 1,671 |
| Tupelo Public School District | Tupelo | 7,132 |
| Union County School District | New Albany | 2,980 |
| Union Public School District | Union | 927 |
| Vicksburg Warren School District | Vicksburg | 6,862 |
| Walthall County School District | Tylertown | 1,684 |
| Water Valley School District | Water Valley | 1,041 |
| Wayne County School District | Waynesboro | 2,900 |
| Webster County School District | Eupora | 1,739 |
| West Bolivar Consolidated School District | Rosedale | 938 |
| West Jasper Consolidated Schools | Bay Springs | 1,411 |
| West Point Consolidated School District | West Point | 2,609 |
| West Tallahatchie School District | Webb | 513 |
| Western Line School District | Avon | 1,632 |
| Wilkinson County School District | Woodville | 891 |
| Winona-Montgomery Consolidated District | Winona | 1,144 |
| Yazoo City Municipal School District | Yazoo City | 2,029 |
| Yazoo County School District | Yazoo City | 1,320 |
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