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Of the 5,772 students enrolled in Lincoln County schools in 2019-2020, 58.8% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lincoln County students.

This is a 1.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Enterprise School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Lincoln County schools showed 58.8% students were White, 37.9% were Black or African American and 1.5% were Two or More Races.

There are nine schools in Lincoln 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 %
Alexander Junior High School	-	64.5	-	2.3	31.4
Bogue Chitto School	-	20.3	-	-	77.8
Brookhaven Elementary School	-	62.5	-	2.8	32.8
Brookhaven High School	-	60.5	-	2.1	35.1
Enterprise School	-	9.2	-	-	89.3
Lipsey School	-	68	-	-	28.4
Loyd Star School	-	15.9	-	1.7	81.1
Mamie Martin Elementary School	-	59.9	-	5	33.7
West Lincoln School	-	11.8	-	-	86.7

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