NW Mississippi News

Of the 898 students in Quitman County schools, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Quitman County schools was 52% men and 48% women.

Quitman County Elementary School in Lambert had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are three schools within Quitman 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
M.S. Palmer High School	134	118
Quitman County Elementary School	177	199
Quitman County Middle School	141	129

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