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Of the 1,857 students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in 2020-2021, 54.3% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lawrence County students.

This is a 1.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Lawrence County High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Lawrence County schools showed 54.3% students were White, 41.1% were Black or African American and 0.7% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are five schools in Lawrence 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 %
Lawrence County High School	-	42.2	-	-	54.5
Monticello Elementary School	-	45.8	3.8	-	48.4
New Hebron Attendance Center	-	57.1	-	-	38.4
Rod Paige Middle School	-	50.6	-	-	45.3
Topeka Tilton Attendance Center	-	10.7	-	-	83.4

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