GTR Times

Of the 8,518 students enrolled in Lowndes County schools in 2021-2022, 46.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lowndes County students.

This is a 9.4% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Lowndes County schools showed 46.4% students were White.

There are 15 schools in Lowndes 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 %
Caledonia Elementary School	-	-	-	-	79.7
Caledonia High School	-	-	-	-	75.2
Caledonia Middle School	-	-	-	-	76.7
Columbus High School	-	-	-	-	3.6
Columbus Middle School	-	-	-	-	3.3
Cook Elementary School	-	-	-	-	4.5
Fairview Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Franklin Academy	-	-	-	-	-
New Hope Elementary School	-	-	-	-	56.2
New Hope High School	-	-	-	-	50.4
New Hope Middle School	-	-	-	-	51.9
Sale Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
Stokes Beard Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
West Lowndes Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
West Lowndes High School	0	-	-	-	0

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