This is a 3.5% increase over the previous school year.
Poplarville Jr. Senior High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 556 students.
A snapshot of Poplarville Separate School District showed 83.7% of students were white, 9% were Black, 5.6% were multiracial, and 0.7% Hispanic.
Poplarville Separate School District roughly covers four schools within Pearl River County and has a main office in Poplarville.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle School of Poplarville | 0% | 9.2% | 0% | 6.9% | 83.9% |
| Poplarville Jr. Senior High School | 0% | 9.5% | 2.3% | 4.2% | 84.0% |
| Poplarville Lower Elementary School | 0% | 7.8% | 0% | 7.7% | 84.5% |
| Poplarville Upper Elementary School | 0% | 9.6% | 0% | 8.1% | 82.3% |
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