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2021-22 School Year: What were the backgrounds of Long Beach School District students?

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White students made up 67.6% of the 2,915 students enrolled in Long Beach School District schools during the 2021-22 school year, making them the most represented ethnicity, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

This is a 0.4% increase over the previous school year.

Long Beach Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 907 students.

A snapshot of Long Beach School District schools showed 67.6% of students were white, 16% were Black, 11.5% were multiracial, 2.3% were Hispanic, and 1.2% Asian.

Long Beach School District roughly covers five schools within Harrison County and has a main office in Long Beach.

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 a decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

Percentage Breakdown of Ethnic Representation in the 2021-22 School Year Enrollment in Long Beach School District

White [67.6%]Black [16%]multiracial [11.5%]Ethnicities <5% [3.5%]
Enrollment in Long Beach School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Harper McCaughan Elementary School2.4%16.3%2.0%15.7%63.6%
Long Beach Middle School0%16.0%2.4%10.9%70.7%
Long Beach Senior High School0%15.2%3.0%9.2%72.6%
Thomas L. Reeves Elementary School0%14.4%0%18.4%67.2%
W.J. Quarles Elementary School4.0%18.3%3.0%13.9%60.8%

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