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Of the 2,875 students enrolled in Adams County schools in 2020-2021, 90.1% 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 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Natchez High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Adams County schools showed 90.1% students were Black or African American and 6.2% 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	-	95.6	-	-	-
McLaurin Elementary School	-	84.1	-	-	12.6
Morgantown Middle School	-	87.7	-	-	10.7
Natchez Early College Academy	-	91.7	-	-	-
Natchez Freshman Academy	-	91.1	-	-	8.9
Natchez High School	-	93.2	-	-	5.4
Robert Lewis Magnet School	-	89.7	-	-	8.8
Susie B. West Elementary School	-	88.9	-	-	-

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