Pine Belt Times

Of the 2,851 students enrolled in Wayne County schools in 2021-2022, 97.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Wayne County students.

This is a 56.5% increase over the previous school year.

Clara Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Wayne County schools showed 97.4% students were White.

There are six schools in Wayne 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 %
Beat Four Elementary School	0	-	-	-	60.5
Buckatunna Elementary School	0	-	-	-	39.7
Clara Elementary School	0	-	-	-	87.1
Wayne Central Elementary School	0	-	-	-	20.6
Wayne County High School	-	-	-	-	41
Waynesboro Riverview Elementary School	-	-	-	-	6.6

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