GTR Times

Of the 8,980 students enrolled in Lowndes County schools in 2019-2020, 57.4% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lowndes County students.

This is a 2.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Columbus High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Lowndes County schools showed 57.4% students were Black or African American, 38.7% were White, 1.5% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.7% were Two or More Races.

There are 16 schools in Lowndes 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 %
Caledonia Elementary School	-	15.3	2.6	2	79.5
Caledonia High School	-	17.9	1.9	-	78.2
Caledonia Middle School	-	14.5	3.4	2.3	79.3
Columbus High School	-	93.1	1.9	-	3.4
Columbus Middle School	-	93	1.3	-	4.4
Cook Elementary School	-	84.9	4.8	-	8.9
Fairview Elementary School	-	94.1	-	-	3.7
Franklin Academy	-	91.8	-	-	3.8
Golden Triangle Early College High School	-	57.9	-	-	38
New Hope Elementary School	-	41.1	0.9	1.2	56.3
New Hope High School	-	42.7	1.4	-	54.2
New Hope Middle School	-	46.7	-	1.8	49.9
Sale Elementary School	-	91.9	-	-	4.4
Stokes Beard Elementary School	-	96	-	-	-
West Lowndes Elementary School	-	95.8	-	-	-
West Lowndes High School	-	-	-	-	-

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