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Of the 2,618 students enrolled in Leake County schools in 2020-2021, 62.3% 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 1.6% increase over the previous school year.

Leake Central Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Leake County schools showed 62.3% students were Black or African American, 19.4% were White, 14.6% were Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% 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	-	57.1	19.1	3.1	19.7
Leake Central High School	-	58.2	17	-	19
Leake Central Junior High School	-	62.4	17.5	-	17.3
Leake County Elementary School	-	71.6	4.1	-	22.3
Leake County High School	-	73.7	4.7	-	19.1

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