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Of the 6,070 students enrolled in Pike County schools in 2021-2022, 31.1% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Pike County students.

This is a 6.9% increase over the previous school year.

North Pike Senior High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Pike County schools showed 31.1% students were White.

There are 14 schools in Pike 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 %
Denman Junior High School	-	-	-	-	3.4
Eva Gordon Elementary School	-	-	-	-	9.9
McComb Middle School	-	-	-	-	4.1
Kennedy Elementary School	0	-	-	-	-
McComb High School	-	-	-	-	4.2
North Pike Elementary School	-	-	-	-	51.5
North Pike Middle School	-	-	-	-	54.9
North Pike Senior High School	-	-	-	-	55.3
North Pike Upper Elementary School	0	-	-	-	51.7
Osyka Elementary School	0	-	-	-	22.1
Otken Elementary School	-	-	-	-	3.5
South Pike Junior High School	0	-	-	-	10.6
South Pike Senior High School	0	-	-	-	-
Summit Elementary School	-	-	-	-	6.4

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