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Of the 1,201 students enrolled in Choctaw County schools in 2020-2021, 57.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Choctaw County students.

This is a 1.5% decrease from the previous school year.

Ackerman Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Choctaw County schools showed 57.7% students were White, 37.1% were Black or African American and 2.3% were Two or More Races.

There are four schools in Choctaw 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 %
Ackerman Elementary School	-	29.7	-	2.9	66.2
Choctaw County High School	-	43.5	-	3	51.9
French Camp Elementary School	-	-	-	-	83.9
Weir Elementary School	-	72.3	-	-	25.5

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