Pine Belt Times

Of the 10,325 students enrolled in Lamar County schools in 2021-2022, 67.5% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lamar County students.

This is a 6.5% increase over the previous school year.

Oak Grove High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Lamar County schools showed 67.5% students were White and 0.3% were Asian.

There are 16 schools in Lamar 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 %
Baxterville School	0	-	-	-	96.6
Longleaf Elementary School	3.6	-	-	-	41.2
Lumberton Elementary School	-	-	-	-	50.3
Lumberton High School	-	-	-	-	55.8
Oak Grove High School	-	-	-	-	48
Oak Grove Lower Elementary School	-	-	-	-	40.5
Oak Grove Middle School	-	-	-	-	43.1
Oak Grove Primary School	-	-	-	-	45.4
Oak Grove Upper Elementary School	-	-	-	-	40.6
Purvis High School	-	-	-	-	83.6
Purvis Lower Elementary School	0	-	-	-	81.4
Purvis Middle School	-	-	-	-	82.1
Purvis Upper Elementary School	0	-	-	-	83.3
Sumrall High School	-	-	-	-	87.3
Sumrall Elementary School	-	-	-	-	86.2
Sumrall Middle School	-	-	-	-	86.4

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