Pine Belt Times

Of the 10,655 students in Forrest 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 Forrest County schools was 50.6% men and 49.4% women.

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

There are 20 schools within Forrest 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
Dixie Attendance Center	238	236
Earl Travillion Attendance Center	150	127
Forrest County Agricultural High School	282	318
Grace Christian Elementary School	153	161
Hattiesburg High School	493	467
Hawkins Elementary School	141	154
Lillie Burney Steam Academy	122	124
N.R. Burger Middle School	282	286
North Forrest Attendance Center	125	114
North Forrest High School	181	183
Petal Elementary School	314	292
Petal High School	603	630
Petal Middle School	375	368
Petal Primary School	569	505
Petal Upper Elementary School	333	275
Rawls Springs Attendance Center	106	105
Rowan Elementary School	155	182
South Forrest Attendance Center	304	291
Thames Elementary School	283	245
Woodley Elementary School	186	197

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