Pine Belt Times

Jefferson Davis County School District welcomed 1,279 students in the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 0.7 percent increase over the previous school year.

J.E. Johnson Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the district with 491 students.

Jefferson Davis County School District roughly covers schools within Jefferson Davis, Lee, and Sunflower Counties.

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.

District	Enrollment
Aberdeen School District	1,043
Alcorn School District	3,131
Ambition Preparatory	317
Amite County School District	886
Amory School District	1,537
Attala County School District	1,002
Baldwyn School District	752
Bay St Louis Waveland School District	1,736
Benton County School District	917
Biloxi Public School District	5,978
Booneville School District	1,279
Brookhaven School District	2,657
Calhoun County School District	2,180
Canton Public School District	3,071
Carroll County School District	851
Choctaw County School District	1,218
Claiborne County School District	1,233
Clarksdale Collegiate	450
Clarksdale Municipal School District	2,108
Cleveland School District	2,877
Clinton Public School District	5,196
Coahoma County School District	1,057
Coffeeville School District	401
Columbia School District	1,573
Columbus Municipal School District	3,213
Copiah County School District	2,298
Corinth School District	2,501
Covington County School District	2,605
Desoto County School District	34,469
East Jasper Consolidated School District	790
East Tallahatchie Consolidated School District	905
Enterprise School District	933
Forest Municipal School District	1,654
Forrest County Agricultural High School	600
Forrest County School District	2,160
Franklin County School District	1,193
George County School District	4,083
Greene County School District	1,659
Greenville Public School District	3,668
Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District	3,978
Grenada School District	3,806
Gulfport School District	6,349
Hancock County School District	4,134
Harrison County School District	14,318
Hattiesburg Public School District	3,631
Hazlehurst City School District	1,413
Hinds County School District	5,140
Hollandale School District	524
Holly Springs School District	1,076
Holmes Consolidated School District	2,502
Humphreys County School District	1,257
Itawamba County School District	3,391
Jackson County School District	8,823
Jackson Public School District	19,348
Jefferson County School District	1,037
Jefferson Davis County School District	1,279
Joel E. Smilow Collegiate	582
Jones County School District	8,541
Kemper County School District	915
Kosciusko School District	2,198
Lafayette County School District	2,776
Lamar County School District	10,325
Lauderdale County School District	5,873
Laurel School District	2,800
Lawrence County School District	1,770
Leake County School District	2,577
Lee County School District	6,251
Leflore Legacy Academy	195
Leland School District	673
Lincoln County School District	2,789
Long Beach School District	2,915
Louisville Municipal School District	2,625
Lowndes County School District	5,305
Madison County School District	13,032
Marion County School District	1,942
Marshall County School District	2,758
Mccomb School District	2,242
Meridian Public School District	4,758
Midtown Public Charter School	239
Monroe County School District	2,137
Moss Point Separate School District	1,579
Ms Sch For Math And Sc	232
Ms School For The Arts	88
MS School for the Blind and Deaf	118
Natchez-Adams School District	2,829
Neshoba County School District	3,091
Nettleton School District	1,162
New Albany Public Schools	2,113
Newton County School District	1,703
Newton Municipal School District	841
North Bolivar Consolidated School District	843
North Panola School District	1,253
North Pike School District	2,219
North Tippah School District	1,294
Noxubee County School District	1,391
Ocean Springs School District	5,906
Okolona Separate School District	521
Oxford School District	4,729
Pascagoula Gautier School District	6,583
Pass Christian Public School District	1,978
Pearl Public School District	4,071
Pearl River County School District	3,334
Perry County School District	953
Petal School District	4,264
Philadelphia Public School District	826
Picayune School District	3,315
Pontotoc City School District	2,298
Pontotoc County School District	3,472
Poplarville Separate School District	1,830
Prentiss County School District	2,288
Quitman County School District	898
Quitman School District	1,595
Rankin County School District	18,598
Reimagine Prep	568
Richton School District	571
Scott County School District	3,875
Senatobia Municipal School District	1,651
Simpson County School District	3,146
Smilow Prep	570
Smith County School District	2,475
South Delta School District	618
South Panola School District	4,260
South Pike School District	1,609
South Tippah School District	2,533
Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District	4,902
Stone County School District	2,411
Sunflower County Consolidate School District	3,059
Tate County School District	2,036
Tishomingo County School District	2,893
Tunica County School District	1,667
Tupelo Public School District	7,151
Union County School District	2,961
Union Public School District	932
Vicksburg Warren School District	6,955
Walthall County School District	1,689
Water Valley School District	1,069
Wayne County School District	2,851
Webster County School District	1,758
West Bolivar Consolidated School District	930
West Jasper Consolidated Schools	1,319
West Point Consolidated School District	2,732
West Tallahatchie School District	554
Western Line School District	1,664
Wilkinson County School District	1,016
Winona-Montgomery Consolidated District	1,176
Yazoo City Municipal School District	2,124
Yazoo County School District	1,370