Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 8,479 students in Pearl River County schools, 51.6% were men and 48.4% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Pearl River County schools was 51.8% men and 48.2% women.

Pearl River Central Upper Elementary in CARRIERE had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 16 schools within Pearl River 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
Middle School of Poplarville	225	199
Nicholson Early Head Start	18	22
Nicholson Elementary School	203	136
Pearl River Central High School	518	535
Pearl River Central Junior High	433	356
Pearl River Central Upper Elementary	769	723
Picayune Early Head Start	77	69
Picayune Junior High School	278	275
Picayune Memorial High School	436	439
Poplarville Junior/Senior High School	266	271
Poplarville Lower Elementary School	215	226
Poplarville Upper Elementary School	225	203
Roseland Park Elementary School	197	170
South Side Elementary School	157	135
South Side Lower Elementary School	160	152
West Side Elementary School	196	195

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