Of the 227 students enrolled in Leflore Legacy Academy schools in the 2023-24 school year, 85.5% were Black, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
This is a 3.3% decrease from the previous school year.
A snapshot of Leflore Legacy Academy’s student body showed that 85.5% of students were Black, 8.8% were Hispanic, and 4.4% were white.
Leflore Legacy Academy roughly covers one school within Leflore County and has a main office in Greenwood.
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.
