Pine Belt Times

Of the 1,270 students enrolled in Jefferson Davis County schools in 2020-2021, 86.4% 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 1.9% increase over the previous school year.

J. E. Johnson Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Jefferson Davis County schools showed 86.4% students were Black or African American and 11.7% 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	-	78.8	-	-	19.1
J. E. Johnson Elementary School	-	92.3	-	-	5.8
Jefferson Davis County High School	-	86.4	-	-	11.9

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