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Of the 1,776 students enrolled in Tunica County schools in 2020-2021, 95.4% 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 0.8% decrease from the previous school year.

Rosa Fort High School had the highest enrollment of Black or African American students in the 2020-2021 school year.

A snapshot of Tunica County schools showed 95.4% students were Black or African American, 0.7% were Two or More Races and 0.6% 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	-	94.9	-	-	-
Robinsonville Elementary School	-	94.8	-	-	-
Rosa Fort High School	-	96.6	-	-	-
Tunica Elementary School	-	92.5	-	3.5	2.9
Tunica Middle School	-	97.5	-	-	-

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