Rate of infection in for school districts in Jackson County

The rate of COVID-19 infections per 1,000 students, using the cumulative total of students who tested positive in each district since the school year began. The number of infected students is self-reported by the individual schools to the Mississippi Department of Health, which tracks this.

For schools that have five or fewer students infected, MSDH reports this information publicly as a range (1-5) to protect students' privacy. For this calculation, Mississippi Today used the number 1 for all schools whose data was reported using this range, meaning the rate of infection may actually be higher than what is reflected above.
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