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Of the 2,775 students enrolled in Leake County schools in 2019-2020, 60.7% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Leake County students.

This is a 0.3% increase over the previous school year.

Leake Central Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Leake County schools showed 60.7% students were Black or African American, 21.3% were White, 14% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.3% were Two or More Races.

There are five schools in Leake 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 %
Leake Central Elementary School	-	55.6	17.7	2.6	22.6
Leake Central High School	-	58.3	16.8	-	20.3
Leake Central Junior High School	-	60.7	15.9	2.2	18.7
Leake County Elementary School	-	69.4	4.6	-	23.1
Leake County High School	-	69.1	7.2	-	20.5

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