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Of the 5,254 students enrolled in Bolivar County schools in 2019-2020, 80.1% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Bolivar County students.

This is unchanged from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Bolivar County schools showed 80.1% students were Black or African American, 14.4% were White, 1.7% were Two or More Races, 0.5% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.2% were Asian.

There are 16 schools in Bolivar 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 %
Bell Elementary School	2.7	47.3	-	4	43
Brooks Elementary School	-	96.8	-	-	-
Cleveland Central High School	-	78.4	-	2	17.4
Cleveland Central Middle School	-	74.2	-	4.4	18.8
D. M. Smith Elementary School	-	96.8	-	-	-
Hayes Cooper Center	-	42.4	-	5	46.6
I.T. Montgomery Elementary School	-	97.4	-	-	-
McEvans School	-	95.6	-	-	-
Nailor Elementary School	-	97	-	-	-
Northside High School	-	98.6	-	-	-
Parks Elementary School	-	45.6	-	5.3	46.6
Pearman Elementary School	-	65.9	8.9	-	21.9
Ray Brooks School	-	97.5	-	-	-
West Bolivar District High School	-	92.7	-	-	-
West Bolivar District Middle School	-	94.9	-	-	-
West Bolivar Elementary School	-	96.6	-	-	-

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