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Of the 8,465 students enrolled in Lowndes County schools in 2020-2021, 58.8% 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 1.4% increase over the previous school year.

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

A snapshot of Lowndes County schools showed 58.8% students were Black or African American, 37% were White, 1.4% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.7% were Two or More Races.

There are 15 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	-	15.4	2.5	2.1	79.8
Caledonia High School	-	18.5	2.4	-	76.9
Caledonia Middle School	-	16.4	3.6	2.2	77
Columbus High School	-	91.7	1.9	-	4.7
Columbus Middle School	-	93.3	1.7	-	3.8
Cook Elementary School	-	87.5	4.6	-	6.6
Fairview Elementary School	-	94.6	-	-	-
Franklin Academy	-	92.6	-	-	-
New Hope Elementary School	-	41.1	-	1.1	56.6
New Hope High School	-	43.6	1.7	1.7	52
New Hope Middle School	-	47.5	-	-	49.6
Sale Elementary School	-	94.4	-	-	-
Stokes Beard Elementary School	-	95.1	-	-	-
West Lowndes Elementary School	-	95.7	-	-	-
West Lowndes High School	-	98.5	-	-	-

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