SW Mississippi News

Of the 580 students in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County schools was 50.8% men and 49.2% women.

Jefferson County Elementary School in Fayette had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are two schools within Jefferson 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
Jefferson County Elementary School	214	207
Jefferson County Upper Elementary School	79	80

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