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Of the 2,999 students in Sunflower County schools, 50.2% were men and 49.8% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Sunflower County schools was 50.6% men and 49.4% women.

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

There are 12 schools within Sunflower 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
A.W. James Elementary School	100	117
Carver Elementary School	161	140
Drew Hunter Middle School	43	48
East Sunflower School	43	50
Gentry High School	235	238
Inverness School	65	61
Lockard Elementary School	176	162
Moorhead Central School	104	96
Robert L. Merritt Junior High School	222	216
Ruleville Central Elementary School	94	120
Ruleville Central High School	180	158
Ruleville Middle School	83	87

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