Pine Belt Times

Of the 2,724 students enrolled in Covington County schools in 2019-2020, 49.3% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Covington County students.

This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Covington County schools showed 49.3% students were Black or African American, 43.1% were White, 3.2% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% were Two or More Races.

There are eight schools in Covington 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 Middle School	-	68.2	8.9	3.8	18.5
Collins Elementary School	-	67.4	5.8	6.1	20.1
Collins High School	-	77.9	-	-	14.7
Hopewell Elementary School	-	93.4	-	-	-
Mount Olive Attendance Center	-	59.6	-	-	36
Seminary Elementary School	-	13.6	3.8	3.5	79.1
Seminary High School	-	32.7	-	-	64.2
Seminary Middle School	-	24	5.9	-	68

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