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Of the 2,205 students enrolled in Holmes County schools in 2020-2021, 98.2% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Holmes County students.

This is a 0.6% decrease from the previous school year.

Holmes County Central High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Holmes County schools showed 98.2% students were Black or African American.

There are six schools in Holmes 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 %
Durant Elementary School	-	97.1	-	-	-
Goodman Pickens Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Holmes County Central High School	-	98.8	-	-	-
S.V. Marshall Elementary School	-	98.3	-	-	-
William Dean Junior Elementary School	-	-	-	-	-
Williams-Sullivan Middle School	-	97.7	-	-	-

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