SC Mississippi News

Of the 23,526 students enrolled in Rankin County schools in 2019-2020, 64.6% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Rankin County students.

This is a 1.4% decrease from the previous school year.

Brandon High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Rankin County schools showed 64.6% students were White, 25.7% were Black or African American, 3.1% were Two or More Races, 3.1% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% were Asian.

There are 32 schools in Rankin 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 %
Brandon Elementary School	-	31.2	1.3	2.9	63.7
Brandon High School	-	29.3	2	2.4	65
Brandon Middle School	1.2	31	-	2.9	63.7
Florence Elementary School	-	12.2	-	-	85.5
Florence High School	-	14	-	-	83.5
Florence Middle School	-	14.8	-	1.7	81.6
Flowood Elementary School	7.1	28.3	7.1	-	50.9
Highland Bluff Elementary School	4	22.4	-	6.4	64
McLaurin Attendance Center	-	18.9	3	-	75.6
McLaurin Elementary School	-	15.8	4.4	6.5	72.9
Northshore Elementary School	-	18.4	1.6	2.3	76.7
Northside Elementary School	-	37	6.7	8.4	47.2
Northwest Elementary School	4.7	31.1	-	6.8	56
Northwest Rankin High School	3.6	28.1	-	3.3	61.6
Northwest Rankin Middle School	3.7	26.1	3.5	4	62.4
Oakdale Elementary School	-	24.7	-	5.8	67.4
Pearl High School	1.5	39.1	7.2	3.4	48.5
Pearl Junior High School	0.9	35.9	7.7	4.5	50.5
Pearl Lower Elementary School	-	31	7.9	6.6	52.7
Pearl Upper School	-	40.7	6.8	5.5	45.2
Pelahatchie Attendance Center	-	25.2	-	-	70.2
Pelahatchie Elementary School	-	20.8	2.9	-	75.2
Pisgah Elementary School	-	13.1	-	3.2	83.4
Pisgah High School	-	-	-	-	84.6
Puckett Attendance Center	-	20.1	-	-	77.8
Puckett Elementary School	-	-	-	-	76.7
Richland Elementary School	2.6	23.7	12.9	8.4	52.5
Richland High School	1.2	28.7	11.3	2.2	56.6
Richland Upper Elementary School	-	27.2	10.7	-	56.6
Rouse Elementary	-	27.1	1.3	3.7	66.2
Steen's Creek Elementary	-	13.2	-	-	84.4
Stonebridge Elementary	-	25.8	-	2.9	67.8

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