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Of the 2,453 students enrolled in Smith County schools in 2020-2021, 68% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Smith County students.

This is a 1.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Mize Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Smith County schools showed 68% students were White, 29.2% 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	-	12.5	-	2.4	84.4
Raleigh Elementary School	-	26.8	-	-	70.3
Raleigh High School	-	31.9	-	-	66.6
Taylorsville Attendance Center	-	47.8	-	1.9	49

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