NE Mississippi News

Of the 917 students in Benton County schools, 53.7% were men and 46.4% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Benton County schools was 52.7% men and 47.3% women.

Hickory Flat Attendance Center in Hickory Flat had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are three schools within Benton 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	Men	Women
Ashland Elementary School	133	109
Ashland High School	110	98
Hickory Flat Attendance Center	249	218

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