There were 735 students enrolled in Carroll County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 4.3% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 52% were boys, 48% were girls.
Data also showed that Black students made up 58% of the student body, the largest percentage in Carroll County schools, followed by white students at 32.1%, Hispanic students at 5.3%, and multiracial students at 1.5%.
Marshall Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Carroll County’s two schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 392 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.Z. George High School | 366 | 343 | -6.3% |
| Marshall Elementary School | 402 | 392 | -2.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
