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Of the 6,869 students enrolled in Washington County schools in 2020-2021, 87.3% 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 1.5% increase over the previous school year.

Greenville High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Washington County schools showed 87.3% students were Black or African American, 9.9% were White, 0.5% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.3% were Two or More Races.

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	-	97.3	-	-	-
Armstrong Elementary School	-	98.7	-	-	-
Boyd Elementary School	-	98.9	-	-	-
Coleman Middle School	-	98.6	-	-	-
Leland Elementary Accelerated School	-	92.7	-	-	-
Greenville High School	-	99.3	-	-	-
Leland High School	-	90	-	-	6.5
Leland School Park	-	86.2	-	6.2	6.2
McBride Pre-K Academy	-	-	-	-	-
O'Bannon Elementary School	-	87.3	2.3	-	9.1
O'Bannon High School	-	92.9	-	-	4.5
Riverside Elementary School	-	27.3	4.3	-	66.9
Riverside High School	-	29	-	-	66.1
Sanders Elementary School	-	99.1	-	-	-
Simmons High School	-	-	-	-	-
Stern Elementary School	-	100	-	-	-
T.L. Weston Middle School	-	98.6	-	-	-
Trigg Elementary School	-	98.2	-	-	-
Webb Preparatory School	-	95.4	-	-	-
Weddington Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-

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