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Of the 7,236 students enrolled in Warren County schools in 2020-2021, 63.6% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Warren County students.

This is a 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Warren County schools showed 63.6% students were Black or African American, 32.1% were White, 0.9% were Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% were Asian and 0.2% were Two or More Races.

There are 14 schools in Warren 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 %
Beechwood Elementary School	2.1	43.8	-	-	50.4
Bovina Elementary School	-	29.7	-	-	66.7
Bowmar Avenue School	-	42.8	-	-	52.1
Dana Road Elementary School	-	88.6	-	-	7.4
Redwood Elementary School	-	31.2	-	-	65.6
Sherman Avenue Elementary School	-	86.1	-	-	9.3
South Park Elementary School	-	59.7	-	4.6	34.1
Vicksburg High School	-	83.1	1.7	-	13.1
Vicksburg Intermediate School	-	84.6	2.8	-	10.3
Vicksburg Junior High School	-	79.2	2.4	-	16
Warren Central High School	1.3	52	1.2	-	45
Warren Central Intermediate School	-	88	-	-	7.6
Warren Central Junior High School	-	58	-	-	38.6
Warrenton Elementary School	-	76	4.2	-	17.7

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