Mississippi Public Schools

Mississippi is the #35 largest school system in the United States, serving 491,338 students across 1,091 public schools. There are 30 Blue Ribbon Schools, and 13 magnet schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(MS) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 2%
% Black		 51%
% White		 45%
Unknown		 n/a

Mississippi Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Adams County 2 2 3
2. Alcorn County 5 3 6
3. Amite County 2 - 1
4. Attala County 4 2 4
5. Benton County 3 3 3
6. Bolivar County 9 6 12
7. Calhoun County 4 2 3
8. Carroll County 1 1 1
9. Chickasaw County 5 3 6
10. Choctaw County 3 - 2
11. Claiborne County 2 1 1
12. Clarke County 3 2 4
13. Clay County 2 2 4
14. Coahoma County 4 2 10
15. Copiah County 3 2 3
16. Covington County 4 4 5
17. Desoto County 9 10 20
18. Forrest County 6 6 17
19. Franklin County 2 1 2
20. George County 1 1 6
21. Greene County 2 1 2
22. Grenada County 2 2 1
23. Hancock County 3 2 5
24. Harrison County 11 10 30
25. Hinds County 17 19 47
26. Holmes County 5 3 5
27. Humphreys County 2 2 1
28. Itawamba County 5 3 5
29. Jackson County 11 11 23
30. Jasper County 4 3 3
31. Jefferson County 2 2 1
32. Jefferson Davis County 3 1 3
33. Jones County 6 1 11
34. Kemper County 2 - 2
35. Lafayette County 3 3 5
36. Lamar County 4 3 6
37. Lauderdale County 8 7 11
38. Lawrence County 2 1 3
39. Leake County 5 3 6
40. Lee County 6 8 18
41. Leflore County 5 2 7
42. Lincoln County 6 6 6
43. Lowndes County 6 5 8
44. Madison County 8 8 15
45. Marion County 4 3 3
46. Marshall County 5 4 8
47. Monroe County 7 5 7
48. Montgomery County 3 - 2
49. Neshoba County 4 4 6
50. Newton County 4 2 4
51. Noxubee County 2 1 2
52. Oktibbeha County 2 2 4
53. Panola County 4 3 7
54. Pearl River County 5 3 11
55. Perry County 3 - 4
56. Pike County 5 5 5
57. Pontotoc County 5 3 4
58. Prentiss County 6 3 6
59. Quitman County 2 1 1
60. Rankin County 9 7 17
61. Scott County 6 6 5
62. Sharkey County 2 1 1
63. Simpson County 3 2 3
64. Smith County 4 2 3
65. Stone County 1 1 2
66. Sunflower County 4 3 7
67. Tallahatchie County 3 1 2
68. Tate County 4 1 4
69. Tippah County 6 4 6
70. Tishomingo County 3 2 5
71. Tunica County 2 1 3
72. Union County 6 5 5
73. Walthall County 4 3 4
74. Warren County 3 2 10
75. Washington County 7 5 12
76. Wayne County 2 1 4
77. Webster County 4 - 2
78. Wilkinson County 2 1 2
79. Winston County 4 3 4
80. Yalobusha County 2 - 2
81. Yazoo County 3 2 4

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