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Of the 2,999 students enrolled in Sunflower County schools in 2021-2022, 4.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Sunflower County students.

This is a 4.1% increase over the previous school year.

Lockard Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Sunflower County schools showed 4.4% students were White.

There are 12 schools in Sunflower 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 %
A.W. James Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Carver Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Drew Hunter Middle School	0	-	-	-	-
East Sunflower School	0	-	-	-	-
Gentry High School	0	-	-	-	-
Inverness School	0	-	-	-	-
Lockard Elementary School	-	-	-	-	4.4
Moorhead Central School	0	-	-	-	0
Robert L. Merritt Junior High School	-	-	-	-	-
Ruleville Central Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Ruleville Middle School	0	-	-	-	-
Ruleville Central High School	0	-	-	-	-

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