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Of the 3,993 students enrolled in Bolivar County schools in 2021-2022, 27.1% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Bolivar County students.

This is an 11% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Bolivar County schools showed 27.1% students were White.

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	-	-	-	-	39.7
Brooks Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Cleveland Central High School	-	-	-	-	14.9
Cleveland Central Middle School	-	-	-	-	15.3
D. M. Smith Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Hayes Cooper Center	-	-	-	-	48.8
I.T. Montgomery Elementary School	0	-	-	-	0
Nailor Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Northside High School	0	-	-	-	-
Parks Elementary School	-	-	-	-	38
Pearman Elementary School	0	-	-	-	16
West Bolivar Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-

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