There were 7,433 students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.3% more than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 50.1% were boys, 49.9% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 58.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Lafayette County schools, followed by Black students at 27.9%, Hispanic students at 8.6%, and Asian students at 1.4%.
Oxford High School had the highest enrollment among Lafayette County’s 10 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 1,347 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bramlett Elementary School | 713 | 745 | 4.5% |
| Central Elementary School | 668 | 722 | 8.1% |
| Della Davidson Elementary School | 780 | 731 | -6.3% |
| Lafayette Elementary School | 778 | 776 | -0.3% |
| Lafayette High School | 880 | 855 | -2.8% |
| Lafayette Middle School | 419 | 421 | 0.5% |
| Lafayette Upper Elementary School | 800 | 803 | 0.4% |
| Oxford High School | 1,370 | 1,347 | -1.7% |
| Oxford Intermediate School | 334 | 365 | 9.3% |
| Oxford Middle School | 666 | 668 | 0.3% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
