Hinds Today

Of the 32,736 students enrolled in Hinds County schools in 2020-2021, 87.2% 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 0.3% increase over the previous school year.

Murrah High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Hinds County schools showed 87.2% students were Black or African American, 7.7% were White, 1.2% were Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% were Asian and 0.5% were Two or More Races.

There are 71 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	-	98.3	-	-	-
Bailey Middle APAC School	-	92.5	-	-	4
Baker Elementary School	-	88.7	-	-	5.7
Davis Magnet School	-	96.1	-	-	-
Bates Elementary School	-	91	7	-	-
Blackburn Middle School	-	98.5	-	-	-
Bolton-Edwards Elementary/Middle School	-	92.3	-	-	3
Boyd Elementary School	-	92.2	4	-	-
Brinkley Middle School	-	99.1	-	-	-
Byram Middle School	-	93.1	-	-	5.4
Callaway High School	-	95.3	3	1.2	-
Cardozo Middle School	-	97.7	-	-	-
Carver Middle School	-	62.1	-	-	-
Casey Elementary School	-	92.1	-	-	5.2
Chastain Middle School	-	92.6	3.6	2.4	-
Clausell Elementary School	-	96.5	-	-	-
Clinton High School	4.8	58.3	3.2	-	32.8
Clinton Junior High School	5	55.7	-	-	35.8
Clinton Park Elementary School	5.1	50.2	-	6.2	35.9
Dawson Elementary School	-	100	-	-	-
Eastside Elementary School	5.3	52	1.6	-	38.9
Forest Hill High School	-	97.2	1.4	-	-
Galloway Elementary School	-	98.2	-	-	-
Gary Road Elementary School	-	90	-	1.8	7
Gary Road Intermediate School	-	91.6	-	-	6.7
Green Elementary School	-	98.2	-	-	-
Isable Elementary School	-	98.4	-	-	-
Jim Hill High School	-	97.8	-	-	-
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate Charter School	-	98.6	-	-	-
John Hopkins Elementary School	-	99.1	-	-	-
Johnson Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Key Elementary School	-	98.4	-	-	-
Kirksey Middle School	-	-	-	-	-
Lake Elementary School	-	99.2	-	-	-
Lanier High School	-	99.5	-	-	-
Lee Elementary School	-	94.9	-	-	-
Lester Elementary School	-	96.8	-	-	-
Lovett Elementary School	5.8	57.5	-	-	33.3
Marshall Elementary School	-	98.8	-	-	-
McLeod Elementary School	-	93.6	-	-	-
McWillie Elementary School	-	71.7	-	-	23.7
Midtown Public Charter School	-	97.1	-	-	-
Mississippi School for the Blind	-	67.6	-	-	-
Mississippi School For Deaf	-	73	-	-	16.2
Murrah High School	-	93.9	2	2.5	1.7
North Jackson Elementary School	-	98.4	-	-	-
Northside Elementary School	8.2	55.9	-	2.3	31.7
Northwest Middle School	-	95.5	-	-	-
Oak Forest Elementary School	-	96.7	-	-	-
Pecan Park Elementary School	-	86.4	12.8	-	-
Peeples Middle School	-	96	-	-	-
Powell Middle School	-	97.4	-	-	-
Power Apac School	-	90.4	-	-	-
Provine High School	-	97.1	1.4	-	-
Raines Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Raymond Elementary School	-	56.3	-	-	38.7
Raymond High School	-	86.7	-	-	11
Reimagine Prep School	-	97.7	-	-	-
Smith Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Spann Elementary School	-	83.1	11.4	3.2	-
Sumner Hill Junior High School	3.5	58.2	-	-	35.2
Sykes Elementary School	-	76.7	19.9	-	-
Terry High School	-	93.2	-	-	5.5
Timberlawn Elementary School	-	97.7	-	-	-
Utica Elementary/Middle School	-	84.3	-	-	6.9
Van Winkle Elementary School	-	91.1	-	-	-
Walton Elementary School	-	99.2	-	-	-
Watkins Elementary School	-	99	-	-	-
Whitten Middle School	-	86.2	-	-	-
Wilkins Elementary School	-	96	-	-	-
Wingfield High School	-	95.4	2.1	-	-

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