Oxford Reporter

Of the 7,404 students enrolled in Lafayette County schools in 2019-2020, 59.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Lafayette County students.

This is a 1.5% decrease from the previous school year.

Oxford High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Lafayette County schools showed 59.9% students were White, 29.4% were Black or African American, 4.6% were Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% were Asian and 2.2% were Two or More Races.

There are 10 schools in Lafayette County.

Mississippi has continually struggled with public education. The most recent Report Card on American Education, from a right-leaning think tank, gave the state a C-. This is consistent with ratings stretching back nearly one decade.

The nonpartisan Education Week also ranked Mississippi schools as C- in their most recent analysis.

School	Asian Enrollment %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Two or More Races %	White %
Bramlett Elementary School	6.2	28.5	9.4	6.5	48.9
Della Davidson Elementary School	4.6	31.4	7.9	-	51.7
Lafayette Elementary School	-	17	-	3.6	77.3
Lafayette High School	-	28	2.9	-	67.9
Lafayette Middle School	-	24.2	1.7	1.3	72.1
Lafayette Upper Elementary School	-	20.4	2.2	2.5	73.9
Oxford Elementary School	4.4	31.1	6.7	-	53.5
Oxford High School	3	35.5	4.7	-	54.4
Oxford Intermediate School	3	35.7	6.7	5.8	48.6
Oxford Middle School	2.4	36.7	5	5.5	50.3

Some information provided by the Mississippi Department of Education may be incomplete.