NE Mississippi News

Of the 2,893 students in Tishomingo County schools, 51.5% were men and 48.5% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Tishomingo County schools was 51% men and 49% women.

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

There are six schools within Tishomingo 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
Belmont School	431	398
Burnsville Elementary School	238	220
Iuka Elementary School	201	209
Iuka Middle School	167	151
Tishomingo County High School	323	291
Tishomingo Elementary School	129	135

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