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This is a 3.8% decrease from the previous school year.
Countywide, Hancock High School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.
A snapshot of Hancock County schools showed that 77% of the students were white, 12.7% were Black or African American, 7.4% were multiracial, 0.8% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.2% were Asian.
There are 10 schools within Hancock County.
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 % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock High School | 0% | 9% | 2.5% | 5.3% | 82.1% |
| Hancock Middle School | 0% | 9.3% | 1.8% | 4.5% | 83.1% |
| East Hancock Elementary School | 1.9% | 4.4% | 0% | 5.3% | 86.4% |
| South Hancock Elementary School | 0% | 19.6% | 0% | 7.5% | 68.6% |
| Bay High School | 0% | 23% | 0% | 14.5% | 60.7% |
| Waveland Elementary School | 0% | 21.9% | 0% | 13.9% | 61.4% |
| Hancock North Central Elementary School | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.5% | 95.5% |
| Bay Waveland Middle School | 0% | 25.8% | 0% | 12.5% | 59.2% |
| North Bay Elementary School | 0% | 22.5% | 0% | 10.4% | 66.2% |
| West Hancock Elementary School | 0% | 2.9% | 0% | 4.4% | 90.6% |
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