Oxford Reporter

Of the 5,770 students enrolled in Pontotoc County schools in 2021-2022, 83.7% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Pontotoc County students.

This is a 17.4% increase over the previous school year.

South Pontotoc Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Pontotoc County schools showed 83.7% students were White.

There are 12 schools in Pontotoc 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 %
D.T. Cox Elementary School	-	-	-	-	54.1
North Pontotoc Elementary School	-	-	-	-	69.7
North Pontotoc High School	-	-	-	-	72.7
North Pontotoc Middle School	-	-	-	-	70.5
North Pontotoc Upper Elementary	-	-	-	-	68.5
Pontotoc Elementary School	-	-	-	-	50.2
Pontotoc High School	-	-	-	-	53.1
Pontotoc Junior High School	-	-	-	-	48.8
Pontotoc Middle School	-	-	-	-	46.9
South Pontotoc Elementary School	0	-	-	-	78.7
South Pontotoc High School	0	-	-	-	84.2
South Pontotoc Middle School	-	-	-	-	81.7

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