Rankin County
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...
Only 12 of 143 Districts Have Recovered from COVID
Five years after the pandemic emptied 23,390 seats from Mississippi's public schools in a single year, the state has not recovered a single one of them. It has lost 18,035 more.
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...