This is a 6.5% increase over the previous school year.
Mississippi School for the Deaf had the highest enrollment in the district with 77 students.
A snapshot of MS School for the Blind and Deaf schools showed 69.5% of students were Black and 11% white.
MS School for the Blind and Deaf roughly covers two 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 MS School for the Blind and Deaf
Enrollment in MS School for the Blind and Deaf Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi School for the Blind | 0% | 63.4% | 0% | 36.6% | 0% |
| Mississippi School for the Deaf | 0% | 72.7% | 0% | 10.4% | 16.9% |
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