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Of the 1,993 students enrolled in Wilkinson County schools in 2019-2020, 97.8% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Wilkinson County students.

This is a 0.5% increase over the previous school year.

Jefferson County Elementary School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Wilkinson County schools showed 97.8% students were Black or African American.

There are six schools in Wilkinson 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 %
Finch Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Jefferson County High School	-	98.4	-	-	-
Jefferson County Junior High	-	-	-	-	-
Wilkinson County Elementary School	-	97.9	-	-	-
Wilkinson County High School	-	-	-	-	-
William Winans Middle School	-	96.5	-	-	-

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