Hinds Today

Of the 34,442 students enrolled in Hinds County schools in 2019-2020, 86.9% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Hinds County students.

This is a 0.6% decrease from the previous school year.

Murrah High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Hinds County schools showed 86.9% students were Black or African American, 8.2% were White, 1.7% were Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% were Asian and 0.3% were Two or More Races.

There are 73 schools in Hinds 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 %
Ambition Preparatory Charter School	-	97.8	-	-	-
Bailey Middle APAC School	-	94.2	-	-	3.4
Baker Elementary School	-	94.4	-	-	-
Davis Magnet School	-	97	-	-	-
Barr Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Bates Elementary School	-	95	3.1	-	-
Blackburn Middle School	-	-	-	-	-
Bolton-Edwards Elementary/Middle School	-	93.1	-	-	4
Boyd Elementary School	-	94.1	4.8	-	-
Brinkley Middle School	-	99.5	-	-	-
Byram Middle School	-	92.9	1.1	-	5
Callaway High School	-	96.4	2.8	-	-
Cardozo Middle School	-	97.1	-	-	-
Carver Middle School	-	61.7	-	-	31.3
Casey Elementary School	-	90.7	-	-	6.1
Chastain Middle School	-	93.6	4.4	-	-
Clausell Elementary School	-	99	-	-	-
Clinton High School	4.9	58.1	1.9	-	34
Clinton Junior High School	4.7	55.9	2.5	-	36.4
Clinton Park Elementary School	8.4	48.4	2.3	5.1	35.3
Dawson Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Eastside Elementary School	6.6	54.9	1.7	-	35.5
Forest Hill High School	-	97.6	1.2	-	-
Galloway Elementary School	-	98	-	-	-
Gary Road Elementary School	-	89.9	-	1.8	7
Gary Road Intermediate School	-	92.1	-	-	6.8
Green Elementary School	-	97.2	-	-	-
Hardy Middle School	-	-	-	-	-
Isable Elementary School	-	98.6	-	-	-
Jim Hill High School	-	97.5	-	-	-
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate Charter School	-	98.3	-	-	-
John Hopkins Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Johnson Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Key Elementary School	-	94.1	-	-	-
Kirksey Middle School	-	97.6	-	-	-
Lake Elementary School	-	99	-	-	-
Lanier High School	-	99.3	-	-	-
Lee Elementary School	-	96.4	-	-	-
Lester Elementary School	-	96.3	-	-	-
Lovett Elementary School	4.3	54.2	-	-	37.9
Marshall Elementary School	-	97.5	-	-	-
McLeod Elementary School	-	93.7	3.2	-	-
McWillie Elementary School	-	70.3	-	4.3	24
Midtown Public Charter School	-	97.3	-	-	-
Mississippi School for the Blind	-	64.4	-	-	24.4
Mississippi School For Deaf	-	73.3	-	-	15.1
Murrah High School	-	95	1.8	-	2.2
North Jackson Elementary School	-	97.6	-	-	-
Northside Elementary School	5	51.7	1.5	1.3	39.8
Northwest Middle School	-	94.8	3.3	-	-
Oak Forest Elementary School	-	97	-	-	-
Pecan Park Elementary School	-	86	12.8	-	-
Peeples Middle School	-	94.8	-	-	2.6
Powell Middle School	-	98.6	-	-	-
Power Apac School	-	92.6	-	-	-
Provine High School	-	98.2	1.1	-	-
Raines Elementary School	-	98.6	-	-	-
Raymond Elementary School	-	54.9	4.5	-	38.5
Raymond High School	-	84.1	2.7	-	12.4
Reimagine Prep School	-	98.1	-	-	-
Smith Elementary School	-	100	-	-	-
Spann Elementary School	-	80.5	13.8	2.9	-
Sumner Hill Junior High School	5.1	57.6	-	-	31.9
Sykes Elementary School	-	82.8	14.8	-	-
Terry High School	-	91.2	0.8	-	6.7
Timberlawn Elementary School	-	98.5	-	-	-
Utica Elementary/Middle School	-	85.3	7.9	-	6.7
Van Winkle Elementary School	-	80.4	14.7	-	-
Walton Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Watkins Elementary School	-	99.2	-	-	-
Whitten Middle School	-	88.5	-	-	-
Wilkins Elementary School	-	94.5	-	-	-
Wingfield High School	-	97	2	-	-

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