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Of the 3,104 students enrolled in Adams County schools in 2019-2020, 89.6% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Adams County students.

This is a 0.3% decrease from the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Adams County schools showed 89.6% students were Black or African American and 5.1% were White.

There are eight schools in Adams 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 %
Joseph L. Frazier Elementary School	-	95.7	-	-	-
McLaurin Elementary School	-	81.6	-	-	15.7
Morgantown Middle School	-	90.8	-	-	-
Natchez Early College Academy	-	91.6	-	-	-
Natchez Freshman Academy	-	93	-	-	-
Natchez High School	-	93.7	-	-	5
Robert Lewis Magnet School	-	88.2	-	-	9.4
Susie B. West Elementary School	-	87.5	-	-	-

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