Mississippi Gulf News

Of the 5,870 students in Hancock County schools, 52.9% were men and 47.1% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Hancock County schools was 52.4% men and 47.6% women.

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

There are 10 schools within Hancock 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
Bay High School	264	263
Bay Waveland Middle School	225	180
East Hancock Elementary School	350	281
Hancock High School	614	616
Hancock Middle School	546	467
Hancock North Central Elementary School	207	194
North Bay Elementary School	185	160
South Hancock Elementary School	296	228
Waveland Elementary School	246	213
West Hancock Elementary School	172	163

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