Pine Belt Times

Of the 1,685 students enrolled in Greene County schools in 2020-2021, 79.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Greene County students.

This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Greene County schools showed 79.7% students were White and 17.5% were Black or African American.

There are five schools in Greene 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 %
Greene County High School	-	15.7	-	-	83.2
Leakesville Elementary School	-	21.4	-	-	75.5
Leakesville Jr High School	-	22.5	-	-	73.6
McLain Elementary School	-	34.3	-	-	60.2
Sand Hill Elementary School	-	-	-	-	97.2

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