Pine Belt Times

Of the 3,515 students in Marion County schools, 50.6% were men and 49.4% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

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

West Marion High School in Foxworth had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are nine schools within Marion 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
Columbia Elementary School	154	173
Columbia High School	234	231
Columbia Primary School	264	189
East Marion Elementary School	201	202
East Marion High School	159	184
Jefferson Middle School	167	161
West Marion Elementary School	129	145
West Marion High School	287	295
West Marion Primary School	183	157

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