SW Mississippi News

Of the 886 students in Amite County schools, 52.7% were men and 47.3% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Amite County schools was 51.4% men and 48.6% women.

Amite County Elementary School in Liberty had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are two schools within Amite 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
Amite County Elementary School	247	212
Amite County High School	220	207

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