There were 5,888 students enrolled in Pontotoc County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 0.9% more than the previous year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.
Of all the students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 51.6% were boys, 48.4% were girls.
Data also showed that white students made up 62.8% of the student body, the largest percentage in Pontotoc County schools, followed by Hispanic students at 17%, Black students at 15.9%, and multiracial students at 1.8%.
South Pontotoc Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Pontotoc County’s 12 schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 780 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.T. Cox Elementary School | 332 | 356 | 7.2% |
| North Pontotoc Elementary School | 761 | 762 | 0.1% |
| North Pontotoc High School | 520 | 490 | -5.8% |
| North Pontotoc Middle School | 261 | 308 | 18% |
| North Pontotoc Upper Elementary School | 307 | 299 | -2.6% |
| Pontotoc Elementary School | 630 | 660 | 4.8% |
| Pontotoc High School | 713 | 713 | 0% |
| Pontotoc Junior High School | 355 | 362 | 2% |
| Pontotoc Middle School | 326 | 321 | -1.5% |
| South Pontotoc Elementary School | 797 | 780 | -2.1% |
| South Pontotoc High School | 447 | 455 | 1.8% |
| South Pontotoc Middle School | 388 | 382 | -1.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
