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2021-22 School Year: What were the backgrounds of Natchez-Adams School District students?

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Black students made up 90.3% of the 2,829 students enrolled in Natchez-Adams School District schools during the 2021-22 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 1.4% decrease from the previous school year.

McLaurin Elementary School had the highest enrollment in the district with 577 students.

A snapshot of Natchez-Adams School District schools showed 90.3% of students were Black, 6.7% were white, 0.4% were Hispanic, and 0.4% multiracial.

Natchez-Adams School District roughly covers eight schools within Adams County and has a main office in Natchez.

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 a decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in Natchez-Adams School District

Black [90.3%]White [6.7%]Ethnicities <5% [0.8%]
Enrollment in Natchez-Adams School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Joseph L. Frazier Elementary School0%94.7%0%5.3%0%
McLaurin Elementary School0%85.3%1.9%1.9%10.9%
Morgantown Middle School0%86.9%0%1.5%11.6%
Natchez Early College at Copiah-Lincoln0%91.0%0%9.0%0%
Natchez Freshman Academy0%88.8%0%1.4%9.8%
Natchez High School0%94.5%0%1.2%4.3%
Robert Lewis Magnet School0%91.0%0%1.2%7.8%
Susie B. West Elementary School0%89.9%0%2.0%8.1%

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