DeSoto County School District
White Students Fall Below 41% in Mississippi
For the first time in Mississippi Department of Education records, white students make up less than 41% of public school enrollment. The 2025-26 count puts them at 171,982, or 40.5% of the total, down...
DeSoto County Crossed a Line in 2024
In 2023, DeSoto County School District had 14,776 White students and 14,410 Black students. The gap was 366. One year later, it flipped: 14,616 Black students, 14,215 White. That 401-student crossover...