Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 5,870 students enrolled in Hancock County schools in 2021-2022, 89.3% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Hancock County students.

This is a 10.3% increase over the previous school year.

Hancock High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Hancock County schools showed 89.3% students were White and 0.2% were Asian.

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	-	-	-	-	63
Bay Waveland Middle School	-	-	-	-	62.2
East Hancock Elementary School	1.7	-	-	-	87
Hancock High School	-	-	-	-	82.6
Hancock Middle School	-	-	-	-	83
Hancock North Central Elementary School	0	-	-	-	96.5
North Bay Elementary School	-	-	-	-	64.9
South Hancock Elementary School	-	-	-	-	71.6
Waveland Elementary School	-	-	-	-	67.1
West Hancock Elementary School	0	-	-	-	90.2

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