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2021-22 School Year: What were the backgrounds of Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District students?

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Black students made up 65.4% of the 4,902 students enrolled in Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District schools during the 2021-22 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Starkville High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,115 students.

A snapshot of Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District schools showed 65.4% of students were Black, 27.7% were white, 3% were Asian, and 1.3% Hispanic.

Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District roughly covers seven schools within Oktibbeha County and has a main office in Starkville.

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.

Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District

Black [65.4%]White [27.7%]Ethnicities <5% [4.3%]
Enrollment in Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Armstrong Junior High School3.2%68.1%1.7%0.3%26.7%
Henderson/Ward-Stewart Elementary School4.4%61.0%1.5%0.3%32.8%
MSU-SOCSD Partnership Middle School3.4%67.5%1.4%0.3%27.4%
Overstreet Elementary School0%70.1%0%4.1%25.8%
Starkville High School2.7%66.6%2.6%0.1%28.0%
Sudduth Elementary School3.3%65.5%0%1.5%29.7%
West Elementary School0%51.6%0%48.4%0%

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