Pine Belt Times

Of the 2,647 students enrolled in Covington County schools in 2020-2021, 49.7% 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 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Mount Olive Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Covington County schools showed 49.7% students were Black or African American, 41.9% were White, 4.2% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% 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	-	66.1	8.7	-	19.1
Collins Elementary School	-	63.8	8.1	6.6	20.7
Collins High School	-	72.3	6.8	-	18.7
Hopewell Elementary School	-	93.3	-	-	-
Mount Olive Attendance Center	-	63.3	-	-	33.2
Seminary Elementary School	-	14.7	4.7	3	77.6
Seminary High School	-	33.9	-	-	61.9
Seminary Middle School	-	26.1	5.7	-	66

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