There were 5,144 students enrolled in Union County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.5% fewer than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 50.5% were boys, 49.5% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 68.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Union County schools, followed by Black students at 16%, Hispanic students at 9.1%, multiracial students at 3.9%, and Asian students at 1%.
New Albany Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Union County’s seven schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,075 students.
For the 2025-26 academic year, Mississippi’s public schools enrolled 424,534 students statewide. Black or African American students represented the largest racial group at 45.09%, followed by white students at 40.56%.
Mississippi had 3,815 unfilled K-12 teaching positions in public schools, an increase of 851 from the 2024-25 school year, according to a recent report from the Mississippi Department of Education. That is also 779 higher than in the 2021-22 school year, indicating that teacher vacancies continue to rise statewide.
| School name | Total enrollment in 2023-24 | Total enrollment in 2024-25 | % change |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Union Attendance Center | 986 | 953 | -3.3% |
| Ingomar Attendance Center | 668 | 679 | 1.6% |
| Myrtle Attendance Center | 707 | 700 | -1% |
| New Albany Elementary School | 1,073 | 1,075 | 0.2% |
| New Albany High School | 596 | 607 | 1.8% |
| New Albany Middle School | 456 | 470 | 3.1% |
| West Union Attendance Center | 686 | 660 | -3.8% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
