Pine Belt Times

Of the 1,362 students enrolled in Jefferson Davis County schools in 2019-2020, 84.5% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Jefferson Davis County students.

This is a 0.1% increase over the previous school year.

J. E. Johnson Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Jefferson Davis County schools showed 84.5% students were Black or African American and 13.6% were White.

There are three schools in Jefferson Davis 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 %
Carver Elementary School	-	75.8	-	-	22
J. E. Johnson Elementary School	-	91.1	-	-	6.9
Jefferson Davis County High School	-	85.1	-	-	13.6

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