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Of the 1,770 students enrolled in Lawrence County schools in 2021-2022, 66.1% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lawrence County students.

This is an 11.8% increase over the previous school year.

Lawrence County High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Lawrence County schools showed 66.1% students were White.

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	-	-	-	-	51.7
Monticello Elementary School	0	-	-	-	46.4
New Hebron Attendance Center	-	-	-	-	38.5
Rod Paige Middle School	-	-	-	-	46
Topeka Tilton Attendance Center	-	-	-	-	85.7

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