This is an 8.8% decrease from the previous school year.
Murrah High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,362 students.
A snapshot of Jackson Public School District schools showed 91.4% of students were Black, 1.8% were Hispanic, 0.7% were white, and 0.4% multiracial.
Jackson Public School District roughly covers 48 schools and has a main office in Jackson.
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 a decade.
The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.
Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in Jackson Public School District
Enrollment in Jackson Public School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Middle APAC School | 0% | 91.6% | 0% | 3.7% | 4.7% |
| Baker Elementary School | 0% | 91.3% | 0% | 8.7% | 0% |
| Barack H. Obama Elementary School | 0% | 95.9% | 0% | 4.1% | 0% |
| Bates Elementary School | 0% | 87.3% | 9.0% | 3.7% | 0% |
| Blackburn Middle School | 0% | 98.3% | 0% | 1.7% | 0% |
| Boyd Elementary School | 0% | 92.5% | 5.6% | 1.9% | 0% |
| Brinkley Middle School | 0% | 99.0% | 0% | 1.0% | 0% |
| Callaway High School | 0% | 94.6% | 3.7% | 1.7% | 0% |
| Cardozo Middle School | 0% | 95.4% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 0% |
| Casey Elementary School | 0% | 91.6% | 0% | 3.1% | 5.3% |
| Chastain Middle School | 0% | 92.7% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 0% |
| Clausell Elementary School | 0% | 97.5% | 0% | 2.5% | 0% |
| Dawson Elementary School | 0% | 100.0% | 0% | 0.0% | 0% |
| Forest Hill High School | 0% | 96.6% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 0% |
| Galloway Elementary School | 0% | 97.8% | 0% | 2.2% | 0% |
| Green Elementary School | 0% | 99.0% | 0% | 1.0% | 0% |
| Ida B. Wells APAC School | 0% | 75.7% | 0% | 24.3% | 0% |
| Isable Elementary School | 0% | 98.3% | 0% | 1.7% | 0% |
| Jim Hill High School | 0% | 97.3% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0% |
| John Hopkins Elementary School | 0% | 98.0% | 0% | 2.0% | 0% |
| Johnson Elementary School | 0% | 98.2% | 0% | 1.8% | 0% |
| Key Elementary School | 0% | 97.6% | 0% | 2.4% | 0% |
| Kirksey Middle School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Lake Elementary School | 0% | 97.2% | 0% | 2.8% | 0% |
| Lanier High School | 0% | 98.9% | 0% | 1.1% | 0% |
| Lester Elementary School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Marshall Elementary School | 0% | 98.5% | 0% | 1.5% | 0% |
| McLeod Elementary School | 0% | 93.6% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 0% |
| McWillie Elementary School | 0% | 71.1% | 0% | 7.5% | 21.4% |
| Murrah High School | 0% | 94.2% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| North Jackson Elementary School | 0% | 98.6% | 0% | 1.4% | 0% |
| Northwest Middle School | 0% | 95.5% | 0% | 4.5% | 0% |
| Oak Forest Elementary School | 0% | 96.9% | 0% | 3.1% | 0% |
| Pecan Park Elementary School | 0% | 85.8% | 13.5% | 0.7% | 0% |
| Peeples Middle School | 0% | 97.0% | 0% | 3.0% | 0% |
| Powell Middle School | 0% | 96.8% | 0% | 3.2% | 0% |
| Provine High School | 0% | 96.8% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 0% |
| Raines Elementary School | 0% | 98.3% | 0% | 1.7% | 0% |
| Shirley Elementary School | 0% | 93.6% | 0% | 6.4% | 0% |
| Smith Elementary School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Spann Elementary School | 0% | 82.1% | 12.0% | 5.9% | 0% |
| Sykes Elementary School | 0% | 78.6% | 0% | 21.4% | 0% |
| Timberlawn Elementary School | 0% | 97.0% | 0% | 3.0% | 0% |
| Van Winkle Elementary School | 0% | 95.7% | 0% | 4.3% | 0% |
| Walton Elementary School | 0% | 99.5% | 0% | 0.5% | 0% |
| Whitten Middle School | 0% | 86.6% | 0% | 13.4% | 0% |
| Wilkins Elementary School | 0% | 96.1% | 0% | 3.9% | 0% |
| Wingfield High School | 0% | 95.7% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0% |
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