SW Mississippi News

Of the 1,233 students in Claiborne County schools, 51.8% were men and 48.2% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Claiborne County schools was 51.5% men and 48.5% women.

A. W. Watson Upper Elementary School in Port Gibson had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are three schools within Claiborne 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
A. W. Watson Upper Elementary School	280	274
Port Gibson High School	206	176
Port Gibson Middle School	153	144

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