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Of the 5,011 students enrolled in Oktibbeha County schools in 2020-2021, 55.5% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Oktibbeha County students.

This is a 2% decrease from the previous school year.

Starkville High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Oktibbeha County schools showed 55.5% students were Black or African American, 38.4% were White, 3% were Asian and 0.8% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are seven schools in Oktibbeha 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 %
Armstrong Middle School	3.7	68.5	2.2	-	25.4
East Webster High School	-	14.4	-	-	83.5
Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary School	4.4	65.6	1.1	-	28.7
Overstreet Elementary School	4.3	60.7	-	-	32.4
Starkville High School	2.8	64.5	1.1	-	31.4
Sudduth Elementary School	4.1	62.2	-	-	32.6
West Elementary School	-	53.4	-	-	-

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