This is a 4.6% increase over the previous school year.
Lafayette High School had the highest enrollment in the district with 868 students.
A snapshot of Lafayette County School District showed 74% of students were white, 20.1% were Black, 2.8% were multiracial, and 0.7% Hispanic.
Lafayette County School District roughly covers four schools within Lafayette County and has a main office in Oxford.
Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.
Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.
Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.
| School | Asian Enrollment % | Black or African American % | Hispanic of Latino % | Multiracial % | White % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Elementary School | 0% | 18.0% | 0% | 6.8% | 75.2% |
| Lafayette High School | 0% | 22.6% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 73.5% |
| Lafayette Middle School | 0% | 20.8% | 0% | 5.8% | 73.4% |
| Lafayette Upper Elementary School | 0% | 19.0% | 0% | 7.4% | 73.6% |
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