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Of the 3,146 students enrolled in Simpson County schools in 2021-2022, 45.8% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Simpson County students.

This is a 0.9% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Simpson County schools showed 45.8% students were White.

There are seven schools in Simpson 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 %
Magee Elementary School	-	-	-	-	36.7
Magee High School	-	-	-	-	32.9
Magee Middle School	-	-	-	-	38.5
Mendenhall Elementary School	-	-	-	-	52.1
Mendenhall High School	-	-	-	-	49.6
Mendenhall Junior High School	-	-	-	-	48.1
Simpson Central School	-	-	-	-	60.7

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