Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 8,479 students enrolled in Pearl River County schools in 2021-2022, 83.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Pearl River County students.

This is an 8.7% increase over the previous school year.

Pearl River Central Upper Elementary had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Pearl River County schools showed 83.9% students were White.

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	0	-	-	-	-
Picayune Early Head Start	-	-	-	-	37
Middle School of Poplarville	0	-	-	-	82.6
Nicholson Elementary School	-	-	-	-	52.8
Pearl River Central Upper Elementary	-	-	-	-	86.3
Pearl River Central High School	-	-	-	-	88.1
Pearl River Central Junior High	-	-	-	-	88.7
Picayune Junior High School	-	-	-	-	57
Picayune Memorial High School	-	-	-	-	60.9
Poplarville Junior/Senior High School	-	-	-	-	85.5
Poplarville Lower Elementary School	0	-	-	-	85.3
Poplarville Upper Elementary School	-	-	-	-	83.9
Roseland Park Elementary School	-	-	-	-	59.4
South Side Elementary School	-	-	-	-	60.3
South Side Lower Elementary School	-	-	-	-	55.1
West Side Elementary School	-	-	-	-	63.4

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