Pine Belt Times

Of the 3,340 students enrolled in Wayne County schools in 2019-2020, 53.3% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Wayne County students.

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

Wayne County High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Wayne County schools showed 53.3% students were Black or African American, 42.5% were White, 1.9% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.4% were Two or More Races.

There are six schools in Wayne 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 %
Beat Four Elementary School	-	29.4	-	3.1	66.5
Buckatunna Elementary School	-	55.8	-	-	41.8
Clara Elementary School	-	12.2	-	-	86.3
Wayne Central Elementary School	-	74.5	-	-	23
Wayne County High School	-	58.9	2.1	-	38.1
Waynesboro Riverview Elementary School	-	82.3	8.1	-	6.1

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