Pine Belt Times

Of the 10,906 students enrolled in Jones County schools in 2020-2021, 47.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Jones County students.

This is a 1.5% decrease from the previous school year.

South Jones High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Jones County schools showed 47.4% students were White, 36.1% were Black or African American, 11.2% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% were Two or More Races.

There are 15 schools in Jones 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 %
East Jones Elementary School	-	14.9	-	6.9	68.3
Glade Elementary School	-	14.8	-	3.9	78
Laurel High School	-	87.3	8.3	-	2.8
Laurel Magnet School of the Arts	-	82	-	4.1	11.2
Laurel Middle School	-	85.6	11.6	-	-
Maddox Elementary School	-	81.3	13.9	-	-
Mason Elementary School	-	69.6	19.3	3.7	6.3
Moselle Elementary School	-	7	11.3	-	76.6
North Jones Elementary School	-	34.8	20.3	4.2	39.9
Northeast Jones High School	-	19.6	4.1	-	70.7
Oak Park Elementary School	-	85.2	11.5	2.3	-
South Jones Elementary School	-	19.5	8	-	67.6
South Jones High School	-	16.6	7.9	-	72.6
West Jones Elementary School	-	16.3	22.5	-	54.2
West Jones High School	-	24.3	18.6	2.7	53.2

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