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Of the 2,829 students enrolled in Adams County schools in 2021-2022, 32.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Adams County students.

This is a 26.7% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Adams County schools showed 32.9% students 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	0	-	-	-	-
McLaurin Elementary School	-	-	-	-	10.9
Morgantown Middle School	0	-	-	-	11.6
Natchez Early College Academy	0	-	-	-	-
Natchez Freshman Academy	0	-	-	-	9.8
Natchez High School	0	-	-	-	4.3
Robert Lewis Magnet School	0	-	-	-	7.8
Susie B. West Elementary School	0	-	-	-	8.1

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