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Of the 5,446 students enrolled in Lincoln County schools in 2021-2022, 65.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lincoln County students.

This is a 7.2% increase over the previous school year.

Enterprise School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Lincoln County schools showed 65.4% students were White.

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	-	-	-	-	26.1
Bogue Chitto School	-	-	-	-	78.5
Brookhaven Elementary School	-	-	-	-	25.5
Brookhaven High School	-	-	-	-	31.6
Enterprise School	-	-	-	-	88.3
Lipsey School	-	-	-	-	29.7
Loyd Star School	-	-	-	-	80.9
Mamie Martin Elementary School	-	-	-	-	35.4
West Lincoln School	0	-	-	-	87.4

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