GTR Times

Of the 8,518 students in Lowndes County schools, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Lowndes County schools was 51.5% men and 48.6% women.

New Hope Elementary School in Columbus had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 15 schools within Lowndes 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
Caledonia Elementary School	535	514
Caledonia High School	311	330
Caledonia Middle School	287	267
Columbus High School	487	462
Columbus Middle School	384	344
Cook Elementary School	199	183
Fairview Elementary School	154	117
Franklin Academy	121	143
New Hope Elementary School	603	561
New Hope High School	433	370
New Hope Middle School	324	310
Sale Elementary School	123	131
Stokes Beard Elementary School	187	178
West Lowndes Elementary School	104	113
West Lowndes High School	117	126

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