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Of the 3,834 students enrolled in Marshall County schools in 2021-2022, 66.9% were White, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Marshall County students.

This is a 40.7% increase over the previous school year.

Potts Camp High School had the highest enrollment of White students in the 2021-2022 school year.

A snapshot of Marshall County schools showed 66.9% students were White.

There are 12 schools in Marshall 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 %
Byhalia Elementary School	0	-	-	-	28.1
Byhalia High School	-	-	-	-	19.1
Byhalia Middle School	-	-	-	-	26.5
Galena Elementary School	0	-	-	-	23
H. W. Byers Elementary	-	-	-	-	36.7
H. W. Byers High School	0	-	-	-	26.6
Holly Springs High School	0	-	-	-	-
Holly Springs Intermediate School	0	-	-	-	-
Holly Springs Junior High School	0	-	-	-	-
Holly Springs Primary School	-	-	-	-	4.5
Mary Reid School	0	-	-	-	61.4
Potts Camp High School	0	-	-	-	62.1

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