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Black students made up 97.7% of the 569 students enrolled in Joel E. Smilow Collegiate schools during the 2022-23 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 2.8% decrease from the previous school year.

Joel E. Smilow Collegiate had the highest enrollment in the district with 569 students.

A snapshot of Joel E. Smilow Collegiate schools showed 97.7% of students were Black and 2.3% were multiracial.

Joel E. Smilow Collegiate roughly covers one school and has a main office in Jackson.

Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate	0%	97.7%	0%	2.3%	0%