There were 3,400 students enrolled in Copiah County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.8% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 50.4% were boys, 49.6% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 59.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Copiah County schools, followed by white students at 20.7%, Hispanic students at 12.3%, and multiracial students at 3.9%.
Wesson Attendance Center had the highest enrollment among Copiah County’s seven schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 833 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Springs Elementary School | 469 | 484 | 3.2% |
| Crystal Springs High School | 404 | 398 | -1.5% |
| Crystal Springs Middle School | 368 | 365 | -0.8% |
| Hazlehurst Elementary School | 615 | 643 | 4.6% |
| Hazlehurst High School | 436 | 385 | -11.7% |
| Hazlehurst Middle School | 277 | 292 | 5.4% |
| Wesson Attendance Center | 858 | 833 | -2.9% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
