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What background was most represented in Joel E. Smilow Collegiate schools in 2021-22 school year?

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Black students made up 98.3% of the 582 students enrolled in Joel E. Smilow Collegiate schools during the 2021-22 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

Joel E. Smilow Collegiate had the highest enrollment in the district with 582 students.

A snapshot of Joel E. Smilow Collegiate schools showed 98.3% of students were Black and 1.7% were multiracial.

Joel E. Smilow Collegiate roughly covers one school 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.

Enrollment in Joel E. Smilow Collegiate Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate0%98.3%0%1.7%0%

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