Pine Belt Times

Of the 11,341 students in Jones County schools, 50.7% were men and 49.3% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Jones County schools was 51% men and 49% women.

West Jones High School in Laurel had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 15 schools within Jones 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
East Jones Elementary School	414	356
Glade Elementary School	207	215
Laurel High School	367	348
Laurel Magnet School of the Arts	151	157
Laurel Middle School	265	297
Maddox Elementary School	203	167
Mason Elementary School	187	172
Moselle Elementary School	281	271
North Jones Elementary School	437	407
Northeast Jones High School	507	493
Oak Park Elementary School	247	239
South Jones Elementary School	563	537
South Jones High School	648	660
West Jones Elementary School	507	499
West Jones High School	771	768

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