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Of the 4,129 students enrolled in Bolivar County schools in 2020-2021, 77.5% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Bolivar County students.

This is a 2.6% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Bolivar County schools showed 77.5% students were Black or African American, 16.1% were White, 2.6% were Two or More Races and 0.4% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are 12 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	-	49.1	-	3.4	42
Brooks Elementary School	-	98.5	-	-	-
Cleveland Central High School	-	78.2	-	3.4	16.4
Cleveland Central Middle School	-	74.3	3.1	4.5	17.3
D. M. Smith Elementary School	-	97.1	-	-	-
Hayes Cooper Center	-	44	-	5.7	45.7
I.T. Montgomery Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Nailor Elementary School	-	94.6	-	-	-
Northside High School	-	98.1	-	-	-
Parks Elementary School	-	47.1	-	9.2	39.9
Pearman Elementary School	-	70.2	-	-	17.6
West Bolivar Elementary School	-	94.5	-	-	-

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