There were 2,534 students enrolled in Clay County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.6% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 52.1% were boys, 47.9% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 77.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in Clay County schools, followed by white students at 12.9%, multiracial students at 4.7%, and Hispanic students at 0.9%.
West Point High School had the highest enrollment among Clay County’s six schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,011 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill Elementary School | 380 | 380 | 0% |
| East Side Elementary School | 254 | 253 | -0.4% |
| Fifth Street School | 467 | 442 | -5.4% |
| South Side Elementary School | 309 | 337 | 9.1% |
| West Clay Elementary School | 101 | 111 | 9.9% |
| West Point High School | 1,038 | 1,011 | -2.6% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
