There were 548 students enrolled in Sharkey County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.4% more than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 51.6% were girls, 48.4% were boys.
Data also showed that Black students made up 60.2% of the student body, the largest percentage in Sharkey County schools.
South Delta Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Sharkey County’s three schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 234 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Delta Elementary School | 222 | 234 | 5.4% |
| South Delta High School | 170 | 176 | 3.5% |
| South Delta Middle School | 143 | 138 | -3.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
