Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 2,411 students in Stone County schools, 51.8% were men and 48.2% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Stone County schools was 52.1% men and 47.9% women.

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

There are four schools within Stone 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
Perkinston Elementary School	275	283
Stone Elementary School	319	270
Stone High School	345	332
Stone Middle School	309	278

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