SW Mississippi News

Of the 3,711 students in Copiah County schools, 50.2% were men and 49.8% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Copiah County schools was 50.8% men and 49.2% women.

Wesson Attendance Center in Wesson had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are seven schools within Copiah 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
Crystal Springs Elementary School	219	202
Crystal Springs High School	209	232
Crystal Springs Middle School	266	268
Hazlehurst Elementary School	342	335
Hazlehurst High School	213	203
Hazlehurst Middle School	159	161
Wesson Attendance Center	454	448

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