Mississippi School Immunization Medical and Religious Exemptions Report 2025-2026

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Medical Exemptions 2025-2026

Statewide Medical Exemptions

K-12 Medical Exemptions by Year

School Year	# of Medical Exemptions
2025-2026	527
2024-2025	533
2023-2024	511
2022-2023	428
2021-2022	418
2020-2021	374
2019-2020	382
2018-2019	333
2017-2018	255

K-12 Medical Exemptions 2025-2026 by County

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Medical Exemptions
Alcorn	0-4
Amite	0-4
Attala	0-4
Benton	0-4
Bolivar	0-4
Calhoun	0-4
Carroll	0-4
Chickasaw	0-4
Choctaw	0-4
Claiborne	0-4
Clarke	0-4
Clay	0-4
Coahoma	0-4
Copiah	0-4
Covington	0-4
Franklin	0-4
George	0-4
Greene	0-4
Holmes	0-4
Humphreys	0-4
Issaquena	0-4
Jasper	0-4
Jefferson	0-4
Jefferson Davis	0-4
Kemper	0-4
Lawrence	0-4
Leake	0-4
Leflore	0-4
Marion	0-4
Marshall	0-4
Monroe	0-4
Montgomery	0-4
Neshoba	0-4
Noxubee	0-4
Oktibbeha	0-4
Panola	0-4
Perry	0-4
Pontotoc	0-4
Prentiss	0-4
Quitman	0-4
Scott	0-4
Sharkey	0-4
Simpson	0-4
Smith	0-4
Stone	0-4
Sunflower	0-4
Tallahatchie	0-4
Tippah	0-4
Tishomingo	0-4
Tunica	0-4
Union	0-4
Walthall	0-4
Warren	0-4
Washington	0-4
Webster	0-4
Wilkinson	0-4
Winston	0-4
Yalobusha	0-4
Yazoo	0-4
Itawamba	5
Lowndes	5
Pearl River	5
Adams	6
Newton	6
Jones	7
Lafayette	7
Lauderdale	7
Tate	9
Wayne	10
Hancock	12
Lee	12
Forrest	13
Grenada	16
Lamar	17
DeSoto	20
Hinds	23
Harrison	29
Lincoln	37
Jackson	43
Pike	50
Rankin	50
Madison	69

Medical Exemptions by Region

For reporting purposes, Mississippi is divided into four public health regions:

Northern region
Delta region
Central region
Southern region

Map of state public health regions

Northern Region: Medical Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Medical Exemptions 2023-2024	Medical Exemptions 2024-2025	Medical Exemptions 2025-2026
Alcorn	0-4	0-4	0-4
Benton	0-4	0-4	0-4
Calhoun	0-4	0-4	0-4
Carroll	0-4	0-4	0-4
Chickasaw	0-4	0-4	0-4
Choctaw	0-4	0-4	0-4
Clay	0-4	0-4	0-4
DeSoto	26	24	20
Grenada	11	17	16
Itawamba	0-4	0-4	5
Lafayette	8	6	7
Lee	10	10	12
Lowndes	5	0-4	5
Marshall	0-4	0-4	0-4
Monroe	5	6	0-4
Montgomery	0-4	0-4	0-4
Noxubee	0-4	0-4	0-4
Oktibbeha	0-4	0-4	0-4
Panola	0-4	0-4	0-4
Pontotoc	0-4	0-4	0-4
Prentiss	0-4	0-4	0-4
Tate	0-4	7	9
Tippah	0-4	0-4	0-4
Tishomingo	0-4	0-4	0-4
Union	0-4	0-4	0-4
Webster	0-4	0-4	0-4
Winston	0-4	0-4	0-4
Yalobusha	0-4	0-4	0-4

Delta Region: Medical Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

All counties in this region had fewer than 5 medical exemptions for each school year.

County	Medical Exemptions 2023-2024	Medical Exemptions 2024-2025	Medical Exemptions 2025-2026
Bolivar	0-4	0-4	0-4
Coahoma	0-4	0-4	0-4
Holmes	0-4	0-4	0-4
Humphreys	0-4	0-4	0-4
Issaquena	0-4	0-4	0-4
Leflore	0-4	0-4	0-4
Quitman	0-4	0-4	0-4
Sharkey	0-4	0-4	0-4
Sunflower	0-4	0-4	0-4
Tallahatchie	0-4	0-4	0-4
Tunica	0-4	0-4	0-4
Washington	0-4	0-4	0-4
Yazoo	0-4	0-4	0-4

Central Region: Medical Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Medical Exemptions 2023-2024	Medical Exemptions 2024-2025	Medical Exemptions 2025-2026
Attala	0-4	0-4	0-4
Claiborne	0-4	0-4	0-4
Clarke	0-4	0-4	0-4
Copiah	0-4	0-4	0-4
Hinds	17	23	23
Jasper	0-4	0-4	0-4
Kemper	0-4	0-4	0-4
Lauderdale	8	7	7
Leake	0-4	0-4	0-4
Madison	60	69	69
Neshoba	0-4	0-4	0-4
Newton	6	7	6
Rankin	56	65	56
Scott	0-4	0-4	0-4
Simpson	0-4	0-4	0-4
Smith	0-4	0-4	0-4
Warren	0-4	0-4	0-4

Southern Region: Medical Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

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County	Medical Exemptions 2023-2024	Medical Exemptions 2024-2025	Medical Exemptions 2025-2026
Adams	5	0-4	6
Amite	5	7	0-4
Covington	0-4	0-4	0-4
Forrest	15	11	13
Franklin	0-4	0-4	0-4
George	0-4	0-4	0-4
Greene	0-4	0-4	0-4
Hancock	9	10	13
Harrison	31	31	29
Jackson	44	44	43
Jefferson	0-4	0-4	0-4
Jefferson Davis	0-4	0-4	0-4
Jones	13	10	7
Lamar	14	17	17
Lawrence	0-4	0-4	0-4
Lincoln	43	38	37
Marion	0-4	0-4	0-4
Pearl River	16	13	5
Perry	0-4	0-4	0-4
Pike	48	44	50
Stone	0-4	0-4	0-4
Walthall	0-4	0-4	0-4
Wayne	9	8	10
Wilkinson	0-4	0-4	0-4

Religious Exemptions

Statewide Religious Exemptions

K-12 Religious Exemptions by School Type

Year	Private/Church K-12	Public K-12	Total Exemptions
2025-2026	641	2,390	3,031
2024-2025	396	1,485	1,881
2023-2024	40	554	732

K-12 Religious Exemptions 2025-2026 by County

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Religious Exemptions
Carroll	0-4
Claiborne	0-4
Humphreys	0-4
Issaquena	0-4
Jefferson	0-4
Kemper	0-4
Leflore	0-4
Quitman	0-4
Sharkey	0-4
Sunflower	0-4
Tallahatchie	0-4
Wilkinson	0-4
Tunica	5
Holmes	6
Leake	6
Lawrence	7
Perry	7
Benton	8
Yalobusha	8
Montgomery	9
Scott	9
Amite	10
Bolivar	10
Clarke	10
Coahoma	10
Marshall	10
Chickasaw	12
Walthall	12
Washington	12
Yazoo	12
Jefferson Davis	13
Smith	13
Webster	13
Franklin	14
Jasper	14
Attala	15
Copiah	15
Covington	15
Neshoba	16
Panola	16
Prentiss	16
Wayne	17
Clay	18
Newton	18
Choctaw	19
Greene	20
Tippah	21
Adams	22
Calhoun	22
Winston	24
Noxubee	25
Simpson	26
Warren	27
Monroe	28
Itawamba	32
Tishomingo	34
Oktibbeha	36
Grenada	41
Lauderdale	41
Stone	41
Hancock	43
Alcorn	50
Marion	50
Pike	53
Union	53
Lafayette	61
George	65
Lowndes	69
Jones	74
Tate	79
Pontotoc	81
Pearl River	106
Forrest	110
Lamar	113
Hinds	119
Lincoln	125
Lee	130
Harrison	200
Jackson	211
Rankin	228
Madison	232
DeSoto	287

Northern Region: Religious Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Religious Exemptions 2023-2024	Religious Exemptions 2024-2025	Religious Exemptions 2025-2026
Alcorn	13	28	50
Benton	0-4	5	8
Calhoun	9	15	22
Carroll	0-4	0-4	0-4
Chickasaw	7	9	12
Choctaw	0-4	9	19
Clay	0-4	12	18
DeSoto	66	145	287
Grenada	8	26	41
Itawamba	13	22	32
Lafayette	12	34	61
Lee	19	63	130
Lowndes	15	36	69
Marshall	0-4	9	10
Monroe	9	17	28
Montgomery	0-4	7	9
Noxubee	9	21	25
Oktibbeha	9	16	36
Panola	6	0-4	16
Pontotoc	6	38	81
Prentiss	0-4	7	16
Tate	18	46	79
Tippah	0-4	5	21
Tishomingo	0-4	16	34
Union	15	23	53
Webster	0-4	6	13
Winston	8	16	24
Yalobusha	0-4	9	8

Northern Region: Proportion of Kindergarten Religious Exemptions

Grade	Religious Exemptions
Kindergarten Only	236	0-4
K-12th Grade Total	1,205	0-4

Delta Region: Religious Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Religious Exemptions 2023-2024	Religious Exemptions 2024-2025	Religious Exemptions 2025-2026
Bolivar	0-4	8	10
Coahoma	0-4	6	10
Holmes	0-4	0-4	6
Humphreys	0-4	0-4	0-4
Issaquena	0-4	0-4	0-4
Leflore	0-4	0-4	0-4
Quitman	0-4	0-4	0-4
Sharkey	0-4	0-4	0-4
Sunflower	0-4	0-4	0-4
Tallahatchie	0-4	0-4	0-4
Tunica	5	8	5
Washington	7	6	12
Yazoo	5	8	12

Delta Region: Proportion of Kindergarten Religious Exemptions

Grade	Religious Exemptions
Kindergarten Only	7	0-4
K-12th Grade Total	65	0-4

Central Region: Religious Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	Religious Exemptions 2023-2024	Religious Exemptions 2024-2025	Religious Exemptions 2025-2026
Attala	0-4	9	15
Claiborne	0-4	0-4	0-4
Clarke	0-4	0-4	10
Copiah	0-4	10	15
Hinds	39	81	119
Jasper	7	8	14
Kemper	0-4	0-4	0-4
Lauderdale	10	14	41
Leake	0-4	0-4	6
Madison	61	129	232
Neshoba	0-4	5	16
Newton	5	8	18
Rankin	44	109	228
Scott	0-4	5	9
Simpson	0-4	17	26
Smith	0-4	0-4	13
Warren	9	14	27

Central Region: Proportion of Kindergarten Religious Exemptions

Grade	Religious Exemptions
Kindergarten Only	150	0-4
K-12th Grade Total	791	0-4

Southern Region: Religious Exemptions, Kindergarten–12th Grade

Counties with fewer than 5 exemptions are shown below as 0-4.

County	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Adams	0-4	13	22
Amite	8	15	10
Covington	0-4	6	15
Forrest	18	46	110
Franklin	0-4	8	14
George	17	38	65
Greene	0-4	13	20
Hancock	10	30	43
Harrison	55	144	200
Jackson	37	117	211
Jefferson	0-4	0-4	0-4
Jefferson Davis	0-4	8	13
Jones	18	38	74
Lamar	26	68	113
Lawrence	0-4	5	7
Lincoln	32	74	125
Marion	8	21	50
Pearl River	22	50	106
Perry	0-4	0-4	7
Pike	19	35	53
Stone	10	27	41
Walthall	0-4	5	12
Wayne	0-4	0-4	17
Wilkinson	0-4	0-4	0-4

Southern Region: Proportion of Kindergarten Religious Exemptions

Grade	Religious Exemptions
Kindergarten Only	268	0-4
K-12th Grade Total	1,330	0-4