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Of the 2,381 students enrolled in Calhoun County schools in 2019-2020, 51.5% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Calhoun County students.

This is a 1.1% decrease from the previous school year.

Bruce High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Calhoun County schools showed 51.5% students were White, 31.7% were Black or African American, 11.7% were Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% were Two or More Races.

There are six schools in Calhoun 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 %
Bruce Elementary School	-	29	5.5	-	62.8
Bruce High School	-	31.8	3.6	-	62.9
Calhoun City Elementary School	-	48.7	-	8.5	35.8
Calhoun City High School	-	48.4	-	4.9	43.3
Vardaman Elementary School	-	12.7	36.3	2.9	48.2
Vardaman High School	-	12.5	34.9	-	52

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