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Of the 2,616 students enrolled in Smith County schools in 2019-2020, 69.2% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Smith County students.

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

Mize Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Smith County schools showed 69.2% students were White, 28.1% were Black or African American and 1.3% were Two or More Races.

There are four schools in Smith 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 %
Mize Attendance Center	-	12.6	-	1.8	84.6
Raleigh Elementary School	-	27	-	-	70.8
Raleigh High School	-	29.6	-	-	68.9
Taylorsville Attendance Center	-	46.5	-	2.6	49.6

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