This is a 2.2% decrease from the previous school year.
Starkville High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,076 students.
A snapshot of Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District showed 64% of students were Black, 28.9% were white, 3.4% were Asian, and 0.9% Hispanic.
Starkville- Oktibbeha Consolidated School District roughly covers seven schools within Oktibbeha County and has a main office in Starkville.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Junior High School | 3.1% | 70.3% | 0% | 1.3% | 25.3% |
| Henderson/Ward-Stewart Elementary School | 3.8% | 63.0% | 0% | 1.3% | 31.9% |
| MSU-SOCSD Partnership Middle School | 3.2% | 67.6% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 27.0% |
| Overstreet Elementary School | 4.3% | 66.7% | 0% | 2.3% | 26.7% |
| Starkville High School | 2.7% | 67.6% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 27.0% |
| Sudduth Elementary School | 4.4% | 64.9% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 28.9% |
| West Elementary School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 49.2% | 50.8% |
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