Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 8,163 students enrolled in Pearl River County schools in 2020-2021, 75.1% 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% increase over the previous school year.

Pearl River Central Upper Elementary had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Pearl River County schools showed 75.1% students were White, 16.1% were Black or African American, 5.8% were Two or More Races, 1.4% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.1% were Asian.

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	-	64.1	-	-	-
Picayune Early Head Start	-	60	-	7.1	31
Middle School of Poplarville	-	8.4	-	5.5	84.2
Nicholson Elementary School	-	30.1	7.2	14.4	47.3
Pearl River Central Upper Elementary	-	3.4	2	7.4	86.5
Pearl River Central High School	-	2.4	1.6	5.6	89.9
Pearl River Central Junior High	-	3.1	1.4	4.7	89.8
Picayune Junior High School	-	29.5	2.1	4.1	63.3
Picayune Memorial High School	-	31.3	3.2	3.8	60.8
Poplarville Junior/Senior High School	-	10	-	2.8	84.5
Poplarville Lower Elementary School	-	7.4	-	5.8	85.4
Poplarville Upper Elementary School	-	13.4	-	5.5	80.7
Roseland Park Elementary School	-	31.8	-	6.5	59.3
South Side Elementary School	-	36.1	-	4.8	55.8
South Side Lower Elementary School	-	33.4	-	7.5	57.8
West Side Elementary School	3	26	-	5.8	63.3

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