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Of the 3,680 students enrolled in Tate County schools in 2022-23 school year, 49% were white, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. This was the most represented ethnicity among Tate County students.

This is a 0.9% decrease from the previous school year.

Countywide, Senatobia Elementary School had the largest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year.

A snapshot of Tate County schools showed that 49% of the students were white, 42.5% were Black or African American, 2.8% were multiracial and 2.8% were Hispanic or Latino.

There are nine schools within Tate County.

Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

School	Asian %	Black or African American %	Hispanic of Latino %	Multiracial %	White %
Senatobia Elementary School	0%	50.2%	1.9%	0%	46.6%
Independence High School	0%	38.3%	0%	5.6%	51.1%
East Tate Elementary School	0%	39.7%	6.5%	7.2%	46.6%
Senatobia High School	0%	56.5%	3%	0%	39.5%
Strayhorn Elementary School	0%	8.4%	0%	8.4%	77.1%
Senatobia Middle School	0%	57.7%	0%	0%	39.8%
Strayhorn High School	0%	7.1%	10.7%	0%	77.4%
Coldwater Elementary School	0%	67.9%	5.3%	5.3%	21.5%
Coldwater High School	0%	68.3%	0%	0%	22.2%