Pine Belt Times

Of the 2,927 students enrolled in Wayne County schools in 2020-2021, 54.5% 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 1.2% increase over the previous school year.

Wayne County High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Wayne County schools showed 54.5% students were Black or African American, 40.9% were White, 1.7% 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	-	33.2	-	3.1	62.1
Buckatunna Elementary School	-	59	-	-	38.7
Clara Elementary School	-	11.6	-	-	85.7
Wayne Central Elementary School	-	78.5	-	-	20
Wayne County High School	-	57.6	2.1	-	39.4
Waynesboro Riverview Elementary School	-	85	7.7	-	-

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