Pine Belt Times

Of the 1,640 students enrolled in Greene County schools in 2022-23 school year, 80.2% were white, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Greene County students.

This is a 0.8% increase over the previous school year.

Countywide, Greene County High School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Greene County schools showed that 80.2% of the students were white and 16.8% were Black or African American.

There are five schools within Greene County.

Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

School	Asian %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Greene County High School	0%	19.8%	0%	0%	78.4%
Leakesville Elementary School	0%	17.7%	0%	0%	79.2%
Leakesville Junior High School	0%	21.4%	0%	0%	75.1%
Sand Hill Elementary School	0%	0%	0%	0%	96.7%
McLain Elementary School	0%	27.6%	0%	0%	68%