NW Mississippi News

Of the 3,615 students in Coahoma 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 Coahoma County schools was 49.8% men and 50.2% women.

Coahoma County Jr/Sr High School in Clarksdale had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 13 schools within Coahoma 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
Booker T. Washington International Studies Magnet School	63	102
Clarksdale Collegiate Charter School	213	237
Clarksdale High School	238	226
Coahoma County Jr/Sr High School	300	251
Friars Point Elementary School	91	83
Geo H. Oliver Visual/Perf. Arts School	108	104
Heidelberg School Math and Science	94	120
Jerome W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy	93	78
Jonestown Elementary School	63	52
Kirkpatrick Health and Medical Science Magnet School	102	117
Lyon Elementary School	118	99
Oakhurst Intermediate Academy	151	137
W.A. Higgins Middle School Academy	190	185

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