There were 2,548 students enrolled in Smith County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 50.8% were boys, 49.2% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 67.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Smith County schools, followed by Black students at 28.2%, Hispanic students at 1.4%, and multiracial students at 0.9%.
Mize Attendance Center had the highest enrollment among Smith County’s four schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 838 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mize Attendance Center | 816 | 838 | 2.7% |
| Raleigh Elementary School | 624 | 652 | 4.5% |
| Raleigh High School | 471 | 486 | 3.2% |
| Taylorsville Attendance Center | 610 | 572 | -6.2% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
