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Of the 5,395 students enrolled in Scott County schools in 2020-2021, 38.7% 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 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

Scott Central Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Scott County schools showed 38.7% students were Black or African American, 34.8% were White, 21.2% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% 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	-	30.5	26.9	7.4	34.3
Forest Elementary School	-	41.1	45.3	-	8.7
Forest High School	-	52.1	34.5	3	9.7
Hawkins Middle School	-	43.2	38.3	5.7	12
Lake Elementary School	-	42	-	-	51.8
Lake High School	-	44.5	-	-	51.2
Lake Middle School	-	43.7	-	-	51.8
Morton Elementary School	-	27.2	33.7	-	33.1
Morton High School	-	31.8	20.3	4.8	42.7
Scott Central Attendance Center	-	56.2	5.2	-	34.2
Sebastopol Attendance Center	-	17.7	-	-	78.4

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