Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 8,642 students enrolled in Pearl River County schools in 2019-2020, 74.4% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Pearl River County students.

This is a 0.7% decrease from the previous school year.

Pearl River Central Upper Elementary had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Pearl River County schools showed 74.4% students were White, 17.3% were Black or African American, 5.2% were Two or More Races and 1.4% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are 16 schools in Pearl River 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 %
Nicholson Early Head Start	-	72.5	-	-	-
Picayune Early Head Start	-	63.1	-	7	28.3
Middle School of Poplarville	-	8.5	-	4.5	85
Nicholson Elementary School	-	30	7.2	7.5	53.9
Pearl River Central Upper Elementary	-	3.7	1.4	6.6	87.6
Pearl River Central High School	-	3.5	-	5.3	88.7
Pearl River Central Junior High	-	3.3	2.1	5.1	88.4
Picayune Junior High School	-	30.3	1.9	4.1	62.7
Picayune Memorial High School	-	32.6	3.8	3.4	59.1
Poplarville Junior/Senior High School	-	10.7	-	1.9	85.1
Poplarville Lower Elementary School	-	11.2	-	6.8	81.3
Poplarville Upper Elementary School	-	10.7	-	5.5	83.4
Roseland Park Elementary School	-	27.2	-	8.5	60.9
South Side Elementary School	-	42.2	-	-	53.3
South Side Lower Elementary School	-	35.4	-	5.9	58
West Side Elementary School	-	31.6	2.4	5.3	59

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