There were 1,128 students enrolled in Humphreys County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.4% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 51.1% were boys, 48.9% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 61.1% of the student body, the largest percentage in Humphreys County schools, followed by multiracial students at 27.3%.
Humphreys County High School had the highest enrollment among Humphreys County’s three schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 428 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humphreys County High School | 430 | 428 | -0.5% |
| Ida Greene Lower Elementary School | 375 | 395 | 5.3% |
| O.M. McNair Middle School | 328 | 305 | -7% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
