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Of the 5,529 students enrolled in Scott County schools in 2021-2022, 52.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Scott County students.

This is an 18.1% increase over the previous school year.

Sebastopol Attendance Center had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Scott County schools showed 52.9% students were White.

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	-	-	-	-	33.5
Forest Elementary School	-	-	-	-	9.4
Forest High School	-	-	-	-	10.9
Hawkins Middle School	-	-	-	-	9.5
Lake Elementary School	0	-	-	-	53.6
Lake High School	0	-	-	-	49.6
Lake Middle School	0	-	-	-	49.8
Morton Elementary School	0	-	-	-	32.9
Morton High School	0	-	-	-	37.4
Scott Central Attendance Center	-	-	-	-	37.5
Sebastopol Attendance Center	-	-	-	-	81.6

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