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This is a 9.8% decrease from the previous school year.
Mississippi School for the Deaf had the highest enrollment in the district with 68 students.
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 46.9%, followed by white students at 42.1%.
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.
Enrollment Numbers per District
| District | Districts’ city with main office | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen School District | Aberdeen | 965 |
| Alcorn School District | Corinth | 3,198 |
| Ambition Preparatory | Jackson | 472 |
| Amite County School District | Liberty | 871 |
| Amory School District | Amory | 1,482 |
| Attala County School District | Kosciusko | 963 |
| Baldwyn School District | Baldwyn | 772 |
| Bay St Louis Waveland School District | Bay St. Louis | 1,678 |
| Benton County School District | Ashland | 933 |
| Biloxi Public School District | Biloxi | 5,764 |
| Booneville School District | Booneville | 1,320 |
| Brookhaven School District | Brookhaven | 2,537 |
| Calhoun County School District | Pittsboro | 2,054 |
| Canton Public School District | Canton | 3,232 |
| Carroll County School District | Carrollton | 768 |
| Chickasaw County School District | Houston | 2,198 |
| Choctaw County School District | Ackerman | 1,254 |
| Claiborne County School District | Port Gibson | 1,156 |
| Clarksdale Collegiate | Clarksdale | 583 |
| Clarksdale Municipal School District | Clarksdale | 1,889 |
| Cleveland School District | Cleveland | 2,839 |
| Clinton Public School District | Clinton | 5,187 |
| Coahoma County School District | Clarksdale | 1,098 |
| Coffeeville School District | Coffeeville | 374 |
| Columbia School District | Columbia | 1,630 |
| Columbus Municipal School District | Columbus | 3,065 |
| Copiah County School District | Hazlehurst | 2,099 |
| Corinth School District | Corinth | 2,452 |
| Covington County School District | Collins | 2,547 |
| Desoto County School District | Hernando | 34,819 |
| East Jasper Consolidated School District | Heidelberg | 730 |
| East Tallahatchie Consolidated School District | Charleston | 800 |
| Enterprise School District | Enterprise | 940 |
| Forest Municipal School District | Forest | 1,630 |
| Forrest County Agricultural High School | Brooklyn | 586 |
| Forrest County School District | Hattiesburg | 2,106 |
| Franklin County School District | Meadville | 1,224 |
| George County School District | Lucedale | 4,105 |
| Greene County School District | Leakesville | 1,655 |
| Greenville Public School District | Greenville | 3,355 |
| Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District | Greenwood | 3,849 |
| Grenada School District | Grenada | 3,851 |
| Gulfport School District | Gulfport | 6,084 |
| Hancock County School District | Kiln | 4,011 |
| Harrison County School District | Gulfport | 14,299 |
| Hattiesburg Public School District | Hattiesburg | 3,746 |
| Hazlehurst City School District | Hazlehurst | 1,328 |
| Hinds County School District | Raymond | 4,972 |
| Hollandale School District | Hollandale | 547 |
| Holly Springs School District | Holly Springs | 1,027 |
| Holmes Consolidated School District | Lexington | 2,386 |
| Humphreys County School District | Belzoni | 1,133 |
| Itawamba County School District | Fulton | 3,285 |
| Jackson County School District | Vancleave | 8,936 |
| Jackson Public School District | Jackson | 17,747 |
| Jefferson County School District | Fayette | 1,045 |
| Jefferson Davis County School District | Prentiss | 1,255 |
| Joel E. Smilow Collegiate | Jackson | 569 |
| Jones County School District | Ellisville | 8,581 |
| Kemper County School District | De Kalb | 895 |
| Kosciusko School District | Kosciusko | 1,999 |
| Lafayette County School District | Oxford | 2,877 |
| Lamar County School District | Purvis | 10,498 |
| Lauderdale County School District | Meridian | 5,951 |
| Laurel School District | Laurel | 2,648 |
| Lawrence County School District | Monticello | 1,693 |
| Leake County School District | Carthage | 2,463 |
| Lee County School District | Tupelo | 6,296 |
| Leflore Legacy Academy | Greenwood | 227 |
| Leland School District | Leland | 687 |
| Lincoln County School District | Brookhaven | 2,824 |
| Long Beach School District | Long Beach | 2,897 |
| Louisville Municipal School District | Louisville | 2,490 |
| Lowndes County School District | Columbus | 5,360 |
| Madison County School District | Ridgeland | 12,971 |
| Marion County School District | Columbia | 1,890 |
| Marshall County School District | Holly Springs | 2,678 |
| Mccomb School District | Mc Comb | 2,146 |
| Mdhs Division Of Youth Services | Raymond | 22 |
| Meridian Public School District | Meridian | 4,499 |
| Midtown Public Charter School | Jackson | 369 |
| Monroe County School District | Amory | 2,099 |
| Moss Point Separate School District | Moss Point | 1,604 |
| Ms Sch For Math And Sc | Columbus | 241 |
| Ms School For The Arts | Brookhaven | 84 |
| MS School for the Blind and Deaf | Jackson | 110 |
| Natchez-Adams School District | Natchez | 2,710 |
| Neshoba County School District | Philadelphia | 3,089 |
| Nettleton School District | Nettleton | 1,048 |
| New Albany Public Schools | New Albany | 2,125 |
| Newton County School District | Decatur | 1,615 |
| Newton Municipal School District | Newton | 816 |
| North Bolivar Consolidated School District | Mound Bayou | 775 |
| North Panola School District | Sardis | 1,155 |
| North Pike School District | Summit | 2,196 |
| North Tippah School District | Falkner | 1,287 |
| Noxubee County School District | Macon | 1,353 |
| Ocean Springs School District | Ocean Springs | 5,808 |
| Okolona Separate School District | Okolona | 517 |
| Oxford School District | Oxford | 4,790 |
| Pascagoula Gautier School District | Pascagoula | 6,501 |
| Pass Christian Public School District | Pass Christian | 1,819 |
| Pearl Public School District | Pearl | 4,190 |
| Pearl River County School District | Carriere | 3,263 |
| Perry County School District | New Augusta | 892 |
| Petal School District | Petal | 4,400 |
| Philadelphia Public School District | Philadelphia | 769 |
| Picayune School District | Picayune | 3,598 |
| Pontotoc City School District | Pontotoc | 2,356 |
| Pontotoc County School District | Pontotoc | 3,481 |
| Poplarville Separate School District | Poplarville | 1,923 |
| Prentiss County School District | Booneville | 2,307 |
| Quitman County School District | Marks | 820 |
| Quitman School District | Quitman | 1,549 |
| Rankin County School District | Brandon | 18,485 |
| Reimagine Prep | Jackson | 525 |
| Richton School District | Richton | 583 |
| Scott County School District | Forest | 4,015 |
| Senatobia Municipal School District | Senatobia | 1,733 |
| Simpson County School District | Mendenhall | 2,905 |
| Smilow Prep | Jackson | 564 |
| Smith County School District | Raleigh | 2,521 |
| South Delta School District | Rolling Fork | 535 |
| South Panola School District | Batesville | 4,255 |
| South Pike School District | Magnolia | 1,514 |
| South Tippah School District | Ripley | 2,486 |
| Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District | Starkville | 4,882 |
| Stone County School District | Wiggins | 2,530 |
| Sunflower County Consolidate School District | Indianola | 2,863 |
| Tate County School District | Coldwater | 2,060 |
| Tishomingo County School District | Iuka | 2,900 |
| Tunica County School District | Tunica | 1,621 |
| Tupelo Public School District | Tupelo | 7,134 |
| Union County School District | New Albany | 3,047 |
| Union Public School District | Union | 931 |
| Vicksburg Warren School District | Vicksburg | 6,844 |
| Walthall County School District | Tylertown | 1,722 |
| Water Valley School District | Water Valley | 1,024 |
| Wayne County School District | Waynesboro | 2,977 |
| Webster County School District | Eupora | 1,750 |
| West Bolivar Consolidated School District | Rosedale | 887 |
| West Jasper Consolidated Schools | Bay Springs | 1,395 |
| West Point Consolidated School District | West Point | 2,549 |
| West Tallahatchie School District | Webb | 535 |
| Western Line School District | Avon | 1,714 |
| Wilkinson County School District | Woodville | 806 |
| Winona-Montgomery Consolidated District | Winona | 1,081 |
| Yazoo City Municipal School District | Yazoo City | 1,888 |
| Yazoo County School District | Yazoo City | 1,229 |
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