There were 1,725 students enrolled in Webster County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 1.4% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 50% were girls, 50% were boys.
Data also showed that white students made up 68.9% of the student body, the largest percentage in Webster County schools, followed by Black students at 15.7% and multiracial students at 9.7%.
East Webster High School had the highest enrollment among Webster County’s four schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 445 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Webster Elementary School | 425 | 435 | 2.4% |
| East Webster High School | 458 | 445 | -2.8% |
| Eupora Elementary School | 410 | 408 | -0.5% |
| Eupora High School | 457 | 437 | -4.4% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
