Pine Belt Times

Of the 10,718 students enrolled in Lamar County schools in 2019-2020, 62.2% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lamar County students.

This is a 1% decrease from the previous school year.

Oak Grove High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Lamar County schools showed 62.2% students were White, 27.8% were Black or African American, 3.7% were Hispanic or Latino, 2.9% were Two or More Races and 1% were Asian.

There are 17 schools in Lamar 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 %
Baxterville School	-	-	-	-	97
Longleaf Elementary School	3.8	47.5	4.3	4	40.4
Lumberton Elementary School	-	34.9	-	9.2	54.6
Lumberton High School	-	42.7	-	-	52
Lumberton Middle School	-	35.5	-	-	61.2
Oak Grove High School	3.5	37.3	5.8	-	49.8
Oak Grove Lower Elementary School	2.8	40.2	8.4	5.5	42.7
Oak Grove Middle School	-	40.2	6.7	5	45.3
Oak Grove Primary School	-	40	6.1	6	45.5
Oak Grove Upper Elementary School	-	38	7.1	3.5	47.7
Purvis High School	-	8.5	-	3	86.9
Purvis Lower Elementary School	-	10.7	-	3.2	84.8
Purvis Middle School	-	12.4	-	3.2	82
Purvis Upper Elementary School	-	11.5	-	-	85.2
Sumrall High School	-	9.1	-	-	88
Sumrall Elementary School	-	7.8	-	3.4	85.9
Sumrall Middle School	-	8.3	2.4	-	87.7

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