This is a 12.7% decrease from the previous school year.
Oak Grove High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,764 students.
A snapshot of Lamar County School District schools showed 53.1% of students were white, 25.2% were Black, 4.4% were multiracial, 3.1% were Hispanic, and 0.2% Asian.
Lamar County School District roughly covers 14 schools within Lamar County and has a main office in Purvis.
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 a decade.
The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.
Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in Lamar County School District
Enrollment in Lamar County School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxterville School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3.4% | 96.6% |
| Longleaf Elementary School | 3.6% | 45.6% | 3.3% | 6.3% | 41.2% |
| Lumberton Elementary School | 0% | 39.8% | 0% | 9.9% | 50.3% |
| Lumberton High School | 0% | 38.6% | 0% | 5.6% | 55.8% |
| Oak Grove High School | 0% | 37.3% | 6.2% | 8.5% | 48.0% |
| Oak Grove Lower Elementary School | 0% | 42.7% | 6.4% | 10.4% | 40.5% |
| Oak Grove Middle School | 0% | 42.4% | 6.9% | 7.6% | 43.1% |
| Oak Grove Primary School | 0% | 37.7% | 7.7% | 9.2% | 45.4% |
| Purvis High School | 0% | 10.0% | 0% | 6.4% | 83.6% |
| Purvis Lower Elementary School | 0% | 11.6% | 0% | 7.0% | 81.4% |
| Purvis Middle School | 0% | 11.7% | 0% | 6.2% | 82.1% |
| Purvis Upper Elementary School | 0% | 10.8% | 0% | 5.9% | 83.3% |
| Sumrall Elementary School | 0% | 7.7% | 0% | 6.1% | 86.2% |
| Sumrall Middle School | 0% | 9.0% | 0% | 4.6% | 86.4% |
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