There were 1,699 students enrolled in Walthall County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1.3% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 51.9% were girls, 48.1% were boys.
Data also showed that Black students made up 56% of the student body, the largest percentage in Walthall County schools, followed by white students at 28.4%, multiracial students at 12.4%, and Hispanic students at 0.7%.
Tylertown High School had the highest enrollment among Walthall County’s five schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 526 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Elementary School | 77 | 75 | -2.6% |
| Salem Attendance Center | 480 | 469 | -2.3% |
| Tylertown Elementary School | 242 | 234 | -3.3% |
| Tylertown High School | 545 | 526 | -3.5% |
| Tylertown Primary School | 378 | 395 | 4.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.