Pine Belt Times

Of the 11,341 students enrolled in Jones County schools in 2021-2022, 62.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Jones County students.

This is a 15.5% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Jones County schools showed 62.9% students were White and 0.1% were Asian.

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	-	-	-	-	68.2
Glade Elementary School	0	-	-	-	74.6
Laurel High School	-	-	-	-	2.5
Laurel Magnet School of the Arts	-	-	-	-	11
Laurel Middle School	-	-	-	-	-
Maddox Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Mason Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Moselle Elementary School	0	-	-	-	75.4
North Jones Elementary School	-	-	-	-	40.3
Northeast Jones High School	-	-	-	-	70.7
Oak Park Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
South Jones Elementary School	-	-	-	-	69
South Jones High School	-	-	-	-	69.9
West Jones Elementary School	1	-	-	-	54
West Jones High School	-	-	-	-	53.9

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