SW Mississippi News

Of the 1,689 students in Walthall County schools, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Walthall County schools was 49.7% men and 50.3% women.

Tylertown High School in Tylertown had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are five schools within Walthall 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
Dexter Elementary School	34	36
Salem Attendance Center	233	249
Tylertown Elementary School	126	114
Tylertown High School	266	251
Tylertown Primary School	179	201

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