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Enrollment by Ethnicity: Black was most represented background in Pascagoula Gautier School District schools in 2021-22 school year

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Black students made up 44.9% of the 6,583 students enrolled in Pascagoula Gautier 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 1.4% increase over the previous school year.

Pascagoula High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 1,144 students.

A snapshot of Pascagoula Gautier School District schools showed 44.9% of students were Black, 30.5% were white, 17.9% were Hispanic, 3.5% were multiracial, and 0.2% Asian.

Pascagoula Gautier School District roughly covers 17 schools within Jackson County and has a main office in Pascagoula.

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 Pascagoula Gautier School District

Black [44.9%]White [30.5%]Hispanic [17.9%]Ethnicities <5% [3.7%]
Enrollment in Pascagoula Gautier School District Schools by Ethnicity in the 2021-22 School Year

SchoolAsian Enrollment %Black or African American %Hispanic of Latino %Multiracial %White %
Arlington Heights Elementary School0%55.7%27.1%6.3%10.9%
Beach Elementary School0%19.4%0%7.8%72.8%
Central Elementary School0%55.3%15.1%8.5%21.1%
Cherokee Elementary School0%35.7%24.3%10.8%29.2%
College Park Elementary0%39.3%19.6%5.9%35.2%
Eastlawn Elementary School0%40.4%19.6%5.8%34.2%
Exceptional School0%32.4%0%21.6%46.0%
Gautier Elementary School0%47.9%13.6%10.0%28.5%
Gautier High School1.4%44.2%17.2%4.9%32.3%
Gautier Middle School0%43.6%18.0%3.6%34.8%
Jackson Elementary School0%58.6%21.8%9.3%10.3%
Lake Elementary School0%31.9%0%23.0%45.1%
Martin Bluff0%34.6%12.8%8.2%44.4%
Pascagoula High School0%46.4%19.0%3.8%30.8%
Singing River Academy0%43.1%17.5%6.9%32.5%
Trent Lott Academy0%48.5%19.5%7.9%24.1%
William M. Colmer Middle School0%48.6%19.6%5.5%26.3%

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