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Of the 2,548 students enrolled in Clarke County schools in 2022-23 school year, 58.6% were white, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Clarke County students.

This is a 1.2% increase over the previous school year.

Countywide, Quitman High School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Clarke County schools showed that 58.6% of the students were white and 39.0% were Black or African American.

There are seven schools within Clarke County.

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 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

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.

School	Asian %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Quitman High School	0%	66.6%	0%	0%	32%
Quitman Lower Elementary School	0%	51.5%	0%	0%	46.8%
Enterprise Elementary School	0%	6.6%	0%	0%	90.6%
Quitman Junior High School	0%	57.5%	0%	0%	39.2%
Quitman Upper Elementary School	0%	52.1%	0%	0%	45%
Enterprise High School	0%	10.1%	0%	0%	88.5%
Enterprise Middle School	0%	8.3%	0%	0%	87.9%