There were 2,896 students enrolled in Simpson County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 8.1% more than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 51.6% were boys, 48.4% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 53.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Simpson County schools, followed by white students at 39.8%, Hispanic students at 2.6%, and multiracial students at 1.5%.
Mendenhall High School had the highest enrollment among Simpson County’s six schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 664 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magee Elementary School | 526 | 543 | 3.2% |
| Magee High School | 404 | 400 | -1% |
| Magee Middle School | 272 | 268 | -1.5% |
| Mendenhall Elementary School | 543 | 626 | 15.3% |
| Mendenhall High School | 529 | 664 | 25.5% |
| Simpson Central School | 405 | 395 | -2.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
