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Of the 7,527 students enrolled in Washington County schools in 2019-2020, 85.8% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Washington County students.

This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

Greenville High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Washington County schools showed 85.8% students were Black or African American, 11.5% were White and 0.5% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are 20 schools in Washington County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Akin Elementary School	-	95	-	-	3.3
Armstrong Elementary School	-	100	-	-	-
Boyd Elementary School	-	96.7	-	-	-
Coleman Middle School	-	99.4	-	-	-
Leland Elementary Accelerated School	-	91.3	-	-	4.5
Greenville High School	-	99.4	-	-	-
Leland High School	-	90.9	-	-	7.2
Leland School Park	-	88.4	-	-	7.5
McBride Pre-K Academy	-	97.5	-	-	-
O'Bannon Elementary School	-	88.4	3	-	7.5
O'Bannon High School	-	93.4	-	-	-
Riverside Elementary School	-	24	3.8	-	71.1
Riverside High School	-	25.6	-	-	70
Sanders Elementary School	-	99.4	-	-	-
Simmons High School	-	-	-	-	-
Stern Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
T.L. Weston Middle School	-	98.1	-	-	-
Trigg Elementary School	-	97.8	-	-	-
Webb Preparatory School	-	98.8	-	-	-
Weddington Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.