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Of the 5,759 students enrolled in Scott County schools in 2019-2020, 39% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Scott County students.

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

Scott Central Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Scott County schools showed 39% students were Black or African American, 35.6% were White, 20.3% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% were Two or More Races.

There are 11 schools in Scott County.

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.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Bettye Mae Jack Middle School	-	30.9	29.3	-	32.2
Forest Elementary School	-	41.7	42.3	-	10.9
Forest High School	-	51.1	34.1	3.3	10.5
Hawkins Middle School	-	47.1	36.1	5.1	11.1
Lake Elementary School	-	43.2	-	-	50.3
Lake High School	-	41.5	-	-	53.7
Lake Middle School	-	45.3	-	-	51.8
Morton Elementary School	-	28.2	30	-	36.2
Morton High School	-	32.7	17.6	-	45
Scott Central Attendance Center	-	53.1	4.5	3.2	38.6
Sebastopol Attendance Center	-	18.1	-	2.1	77.5

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.