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Of the 2,577 students enrolled in Leake County schools in 2021-2022, 22% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Leake County students.

This is a 2.6% increase over the previous school year.

Leake Central Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Leake County schools showed 22% students were White.

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	-	-	-	-	19
Leake Central High School	-	-	-	-	17
Leake Central Junior High School	-	-	-	-	17.3
Leake County Elementary School	0	-	-	-	28
Leake County High School	-	-	-	-	13.5

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