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Black students made up 96.1% of the 284 students enrolled in Midtown Public Charter School schools during the 2022-23 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 19.2% increase over the previous school year.

Midtown Public Charter School had the highest enrollment in the district with 284 students.

A snapshot of Midtown Public Charter School schools showed 96.1% of students were Black and 3.9% were multiracial.

Midtown Public Charter School 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 %
Midtown Public Charter School	0%	96.1%	0%	3.9%	0%