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Of the 3,913 students enrolled in Tate County schools in 2019-2020, 51.5% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tate County students.

This is a 0.2% decrease from the previous school year.

Strayhorn Elementary School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Tate County schools showed 51.5% students were White, 41.1% were Black or African American, 4% were Hispanic or Latino and 0.6% were Two or More Races.

There are nine schools in Tate 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 %
Coldwater Elementary School	-	69.6	-	-	21.7
Coldwater High School	-	63.3	-	-	26.6
East Tate Elementary School	-	36.7	4.9	4	54.5
Independence High School	-	37.2	5.1	-	55.1
Senatobia Elementary School	-	51.7	2.1	-	45.9
Senatobia Junior/Senior High School	-	53.2	3.7	-	42
Senatobia Middle School	-	55.5	3.9	-	38.8
Strayhorn Elementary School	-	9	5.7	-	79
Strayhorn High School	-	9.7	8.3	-	76.9

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