There were 3,010 students enrolled in Wayne County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 51.1% were boys, 48.9% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 54.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Wayne County schools, followed by white students at 37.2%, Hispanic students at 3%, and multiracial students at 1.6%.
Wayne County High School had the highest enrollment among Wayne County’s six schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 778 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beat Four Elementary School | 390 | 420 | 7.7% |
| Buckatunna Elementary School | 407 | 419 | 2.9% |
| Clara Elementary School | 454 | 421 | -7.3% |
| Wayne Central Elementary School | 452 | 461 | 2% |
| Wayne County High School | 816 | 778 | -4.7% |
| Waynesboro Riverview Elementary School | 458 | 511 | 11.6% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
