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Of the 1,883 students enrolled in Tunica County schools in 2019-2020, 96.3% were Black or African American, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tunica County students.

This is a 0.3% increase over the previous school year.

Rosa Fort High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2019-2020 school year.

A snapshot of Tunica County schools showed 96.3% students were Black or African American and 0.7% were White.

There are five schools in Tunica 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 %
Dundee Elementary School	-	95.4	-	-	-
Robinsonville Elementary School	-	94.7	-	-	3.2
Rosa Fort High School	-	96.9	-	-	-
Tunica Elementary School	-	96.4	-	-	-
Tunica Middle School	-	97.4	-	-	-

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