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Of the 1,559 students enrolled in Tallahatchie County schools in 2020-2021, 90.4% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tallahatchie County students.

This is a 0.5% increase over the previous school year.

R.H. Bearden Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Tallahatchie County schools showed 90.4% students were Black or African American and 5.3% were White.

There are five schools in Tallahatchie 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 %
Charleston Elementary School	-	79.3	-	-	15.8
Charleston High School	-	89.8	-	-	-
Charleston Middle School	-	88.2	-	-	6.8
R.H. Bearden Elementary School	-	99.1	-	-	-
West Tallahatchie High School	-	98.6	-	-	-

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