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2021-22 School Year: What were the backgrounds of Vicksburg Warren School District students?

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Black students made up 61.8% of the 6,955 students enrolled in Vicksburg Warren School District schools during the 2021-22 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 6.6% decrease from the previous school year.

Warren Central High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,203 students.

A snapshot of Vicksburg Warren School District schools showed 61.8% of students were Black, 28.6% were white, 0.6% were multiracial, 0.6% were Hispanic, and 0.5% Asian.

Vicksburg Warren School District roughly covers 13 schools within Warren County and has a main office in Vicksburg.

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 Vicksburg Warren School District

Black [61.8%]White [28.6%]Ethnicities <5% [1.7%]
Enrollment in Vicksburg Warren School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Beechwood Elementary School2.3%39.1%0%3.5%55.1%
Bovina Elementary School0%30.8%0%2.9%66.3%
Bowmar Avenue School0%39.9%0%4.4%55.7%
Dana Road Elementary School0%88.7%0%3.3%8.0%
Sherman Ave Elementary School0%85.8%0%3.9%10.3%
South Park Elementary School0%55.8%0%5.7%38.5%
Vicksburg High School0%84.6%2.0%2.6%10.8%
Vicksburg Intermediate School0%86.1%0%3.7%10.2%
Vicksburg Junior High School0%77.9%2.6%1.5%18.0%
Warren Central High School0%53.5%0.9%2.2%43.4%
Warren Central Intermediate School2.7%86.4%0%1.9%9.0%
Warren Central Junior High School2.2%57.0%0%2.9%37.9%
Warrenton Elementary School0%79.1%0%4.1%16.8%

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