This is a 0.7% decrease from the previous school year.
Northwest Rankin High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,796 students.
A snapshot of Rankin County School District schools showed 66.2% of students were white, 24.9% were Black, 2.8% were multiracial, 2.6% were Hispanic, and 0.7% Asian.
Rankin County School District roughly covers 27 schools within Rankin County and has a main office in Florence.
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 a 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 % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Elementary School | 0% | 30.3% | 0% | 8.0% | 61.7% |
| Brandon High School | 0% | 31.2% | 1.9% | 3.9% | 63.0% |
| Brandon Middle School | 0% | 34.4% | 1.2% | 4.1% | 60.3% |
| Florence Elementary School | 0% | 10.0% | 0% | 2.4% | 87.6% |
| Florence High School | 0% | 13.2% | 0% | 3.9% | 82.9% |
| Florence Middle School | 0% | 11.6% | 0% | 2.8% | 85.6% |
| Flowood Elementary School | 0% | 35.3% | 8.4% | 12.1% | 44.2% |
| Highland Bluff Elementary School | 3.7% | 26.1% | 3.9% | 5.2% | 61.1% |
| McLaurin Attendance Center | 0% | 22.4% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 71.8% |
| McLaurin Elementary School | 0% | 16.7% | 5.0% | 7.1% | 71.2% |
| Northshore Elementary School | 0% | 14.6% | 2.4% | 4.3% | 78.7% |
| Northwest Elementary School | 0% | 30.8% | 0% | 14.7% | 54.5% |
| Northwest Rankin High School | 3.3% | 31.1% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 59.4% |
| Northwest Rankin Middle School | 3.5% | 31.6% | 0% | 6.5% | 58.4% |
| Oakdale Elementary School | 0% | 27.1% | 0% | 7.3% | 65.6% |
| Pelahatchie Attendance Center | 0% | 26.0% | 0% | 4.4% | 69.6% |
| Pelahatchie Elementary School | 0% | 20.4% | 4.2% | 1.7% | 73.7% |
| Pisgah Elementary School | 0% | 9.7% | 0% | 4.3% | 86.0% |
| Pisgah High School | 0% | 15.2% | 0% | 1.2% | 83.6% |
| Puckett Attendance Center | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23.1% | 76.9% |
| Puckett Elementary School | 0% | 18.4% | 0% | 3.2% | 78.4% |
| Richland Elementary School | 0% | 22.2% | 15.0% | 10.4% | 52.4% |
| Richland High School | 0% | 28.4% | 12.7% | 4.3% | 54.6% |
| Richland Upper Elementary School | 0% | 27.2% | 14.5% | 6.8% | 51.5% |
| Rouse Elementary School | 0% | 31.6% | 0% | 7.5% | 60.9% |
| Steen's Creek Elementary School | 0% | 10.9% | 0% | 3.3% | 85.8% |
| Stonebridge Elementary School | 0% | 30.5% | 1.8% | 5.2% | 62.5% |
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