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This is a 3.3% decrease from the previous school year.
Countywide, Northwest Rankin High School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.
There are 33 schools within Rankin County.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
Due to missing or insufficient enrollment data, some schools were not included in the analysis.
| School | Asian % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Rankin High School | 3.2% | 29.9% | 2% | 8.2% | 56.6% |
| Brandon High School | 1.1% | 33.1% | 1% | 6% | 58.9% |
| Northwest Rankin Middle School | 3.8% | 30.1% | 0% | 8.4% | 55.5% |
| Pearl High School | 1.3% | 41.8% | 7.7% | 4.9% | 44.1% |
| Brandon Middle School | 0% | 36% | 0% | 5.5% | 56.3% |
| Pearl Junior High School | 0% | 41.6% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 43.4% |
| Richland High School | 0% | 28.1% | 10.3% | 0% | 50.9% |
| Rouse Elementary School | 0% | 33% | 0% | 10.3% | 55.5% |
| Pearl Lower Elementary School | 0% | 34.9% | 7.9% | 10.9% | 45% |
| Stonebridge Elementary School | 2% | 29.2% | 0% | 7.6% | 60.3% |
| Brandon Elementary School | 0% | 30.8% | 0% | 7.2% | 59.5% |
| Florence High School | 0% | 13.9% | 0% | 5.7% | 79.3% |
| Florence Middle School | 0% | 10.8% | 0% | 0% | 83.2% |
| Northside Elementary School | 0% | 31.9% | 8.9% | 8% | 49.2% |
| Pearl Upper School | 0% | 36.2% | 8% | 5.8% | 48.4% |
| McLaurin Elementary School | 0% | 16.4% | 4.8% | 8.3% | 70.1% |
| Steen's Creek Elementary School | 0% | 12.2% | 0% | 3.6% | 83.7% |
| Highland Bluff Elementary School | 3.5% | 27.6% | 0% | 9.2% | 57.5% |
| Northshore Elementary School | 0% | 15.4% | 0% | 5.1% | 76% |
| Florence Elementary School | 0% | 11.1% | 0% | 0% | 84% |
| Oakdale Elementary School | 1.9% | 27.8% | 0% | 7.3% | 61.8% |
| Pisgah Elementary School | 0% | 10.3% | 0% | 6.1% | 83.2% |
| McLaurin Attendance Center | 0% | 17.9% | 2.2% | 10.7% | 68.9% |
| Richland Upper Elementary School | 0% | 23.7% | 14.9% | 0% | 48.1% |
| Northwest Elementary School | 0% | 32.9% | 0% | 11.1% | 50.5% |
| Flowood Elementary School | 6.8% | 33.7% | 0% | 8.8% | 44.2% |
| Pisgah High School | 0% | 11.5% | 0% | 0% | 83.9% |
| Pelahatchie Elementary School | 0% | 18% | 0% | 4.7% | 72.8% |
| Richland Elementary School | 0% | 22.7% | 14.6% | 0% | 48.4% |
| Puckett Elementary School | 0% | 18.4% | 0% | 0% | 77.1% |
| Pelahatchie Attendance Center | 0% | 21.6% | 0% | 7.7% | 68% |
| Puckett Attendance Center | 0% | 18.7% | 0% | 4.4% | 76.9% |
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