Meridian
Mississippi's Four-Year Enrollment Slowdown Ended With a 10,725-Student Drop
Mississippi's public school enrollment decline had been slowing. Annual losses averaged 1,842 students across the four school years from 2021-22 through 2024-25, far below the disruption that opened t...
No Recovery Year: 13 Mississippi Districts in Decade-Long Freefall
Buried in the Mississippi Department of Education's enrollment files: 13 school districts have lost students in every single year for a decade. Not most years. Not a general downward trend with a few ...
87 Mississippi Districts Hit Record-Low Enrollment
Of Mississippi's 152 school districts, 87 enrolled fewer students in 2025-26 than in any previous year on record. That is 57.2% of all districts, the highest share since COVID emptied classrooms in 20...