Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 5,822 students enrolled in Hancock County schools in 2020-2021, 79% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Hancock County students.

This is a 0.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Hancock High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Hancock County schools showed 79% students were White, 12.6% were Black or African American, 4.9% were Two or More Races and 1.1% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are 10 schools in Hancock 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 %
Bay High School	-	24	-	10.6	63.7
Bay Waveland Middle School	-	25.6	-	9.7	62.7
East Hancock Elementary School	-	4.2	2.5	3.5	87.8
Hancock High School	-	8.3	2.1	3.8	84.3
Hancock Middle School	-	8.3	1.8	4.5	84.4
Hancock North Central Elementary School	-	-	-	-	94.7
North Bay Elementary School	-	23.5	-	11.1	64.3
South Hancock Elementary School	-	18.9	-	4.3	72.9
Waveland Elementary School	-	21.4	-	-	70.3
West Hancock Elementary School	-	6.2	-	4.2	87

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