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Of the 6,492 students enrolled in Pike County schools in 2019-2020, 69.6% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Pike County students.

This is a 0.3% increase over the previous school year.

McComb High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Pike County schools showed 69.6% students were Black or African American, 25.1% were White and 1.6% were Two or More Races.

There are 15 schools in Pike 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 %
Denman Junior High School	-	89.6	-	3.5	5.6
Eva Gordon Elementary School	-	86	-	-	12.1
Eva Gordon Upper Elementary School	-	87.5	-	-	8.9
Kennedy Elementary School	-	89.1	-	-	6.6
McComb High School	-	92	-	2	4.4
McComb Middle School	-	89.1	-	3.7	4.4
North Pike Elementary School	-	40.4	-	3.8	54.6
North Pike Middle School	-	40.6	-	-	58
North Pike Senior High School	-	35.1	-	-	62.5
North Pike Upper Elementary School	-	36.7	-	-	59.8
Osyka Elementary School	-	74.3	-	-	23.4
Otken Elementary School	-	87.1	-	4.1	6.4
South Pike Junior High School	-	84.2	-	-	-
South Pike Senior High School	-	87.5	-	-	-
Summit Elementary School	-	86.3	-	5.2	4.1

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