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Of the 5,379 students enrolled in Lincoln County schools in 2020-2021, 58.2% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lincoln County students.

This is a 0.6% decrease from the previous school year.

Enterprise School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Lincoln County schools showed 58.2% students were White, 38.2% 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	-	69.2	-	2.5	26.3
Bogue Chitto School	-	18	-	-	80
Brookhaven Elementary School	-	64.8	-	-	28.5
Brookhaven High School	-	63.2	-	2.7	31.9
Enterprise School	-	9.3	-	-	89.7
Lipsey School	-	62.3	-	-	34.5
Loyd Star School	-	16.5	-	2	80
Mamie Martin Elementary School	-	59.8	-	5.4	33.8
West Lincoln School	-	10.6	-	-	87.2

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