There were 840 students enrolled in Quitman County schools in the 2024-25 school year, 2.4% 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 Black students made up 95% of the student body, the largest percentage in Quitman County schools, followed by white students at 1.3%.
Quitman County Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Quitman County’s three schools in the 2024-25 school year, welcoming 336 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.S. Palmer High School | 224 | 238 | 6.3% |
| Quitman County Elementary School | 339 | 336 | -0.9% |
| Quitman County Middle School | 257 | 266 | 3.5% |
Information in this article was obtained from the Mississippi Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
