This is a 14.2% decrease from the previous school year.
Gentry High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 473 students.
A snapshot of Sunflower County Consolidate School District schools showed 84.6% of students were Black, 0.5% were white, and 0.3% Hispanic.
Sunflower County Consolidate School District roughly covers 12 schools within Jefferson Davis County and has a main office in Bassfield.
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 a decade.
The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.
Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in Sunflower County Consolidate School District
Enrollment in Sunflower County Consolidate School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.W. James Elementary School | 0% | 93.6% | 0% | 6.4% | 0% |
| Carver Elementary School | 0% | 94.7% | 0% | 5.3% | 0% |
| Drew Hunter Middle School | 0% | 93.4% | 0% | 6.6% | 0% |
| East Sunflower School | 0% | 87.1% | 0% | 12.9% | 0% |
| Gentry High School | 0% | 97.3% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 0% |
| Inverness School | 0% | 92.9% | 0% | 7.1% | 0% |
| Lockard Elementary School | 0% | 91.1% | 0% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
| Moorhead Central School | 0% | 100.0% | 0% | 0.0% | 0% |
| Robert L. Merritt Junior High School | 0% | 97.0% | 0% | 3.0% | 0% |
| Rosser Early Learning Center | 0% | 100.0% | 0% | 0.0% | 0% |
| Ruleville Central Elementary School | 0% | 95.8% | 0% | 4.2% | 0% |
| Ruleville Middle School | 0% | 94.1% | 0% | 5.9% | 0% |
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