NE Mississippi News

Of the 14,877 students in Lee County schools, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Lee County schools was 50.7% men and 49.3% women.

Tupelo High School in Tupelo had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 29 schools within Lee 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
Baldwyn Elementary School	163	150
Carver Elementary School	159	148
Early Childhood Education Center	135	153
Guntown Middle School	373	364
Joyner Elementary School	180	216
Lawhon Elementary School	280	266
Lawndale Elementary School	192	211
Milam Elementary School	278	243
Mooreville Elementary School	321	326
Mooreville High School	246	220
Mooreville Middle School	179	178
Nettleton High School	194	176
Nettleton Primary School	170	161
Nettleton Upper Elementary School	235	226
Parkway Elementary School	197	196
Pierce Street Elementary School	179	199
Plantersville Middle School	138	112
Rankin Elementary School	194	164
Saltillo Elementary School	343	339
Saltillo High School	487	466
Saltillo Primary School	329	355
Shannon Elementary School	86	97
Shannon High School	256	261
Shannon Middle School	103	112
Shannon Primary School	128	118
Thomas Street Elementary School	209	204
Tupelo High School	1,036	994
Tupelo Middle School	573	545
Verona Elementary School	147	167

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