NW Mississippi News

Coahoma County had a well-balanced gender representation among its students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Coahoma County schools was 50.5% men and 49.5% women.

Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School in Clarksdale had the highest number of boys enrolled while Clarksdale Collegiate in Clarksdale had the most girls.

There are 13 schools within the county.

Mississippi's schools, with an enrollment of 436,523 in the 2023-24 academic year, are mostly divided between two ethnicities, with Black or African American students being the largest racial group at 46.86%, followed by white students at 42.14%.

Students in the state showed a significant improvement in the 2022-23 academic year, demonstrating sustained progress in their post-pandemic recovery. Overall, 87% of schools and 91% of districts achieved a grade of C or better, compared to 81% of schools and 87% of districts in the prior year.

Results from the 2022-23 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) showed students reaching an all-time high in all core subjects. Students better performed on the Math and English portion of the test, achieving grades around 5% better than in the previous year.

School	Men	Women
Coahoma County Junior-Senior High School	267	249
Clarksdale Collegiate	235	276
Clarksdale High School	241	225
Oakhurst Intermediate Academy	161	145
W.A. Higgins Middle School Academy	147	136
Kirkpatrick Health & Wellness	117	134
Geo H. Oliver Visual/Perfoming Arts	114	127
Lyon Elementary School	107	102
Heidelberg School Math & Science	94	104
Jerome W. Stampley 9th Grade Academy	93	97
Booker T. Washington International Studies	93	90
Friars Point Elementary School	74	71
Jonestown Elementary School	61	57