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Of the 6,529 students in Washington County schools, 3,267 were men and 3,262 were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Washington County schools was 3,414 men and 3,455 women.

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

There are 20 schools within Washington 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
Akin Elementary School	190	167
Armstrong Elementary School	79	72
Boyd Elementary School	190	163
Coleman Middle School	265	187
Greenville High School	375	471
Leland Elementary Accelerated School	131	129
Leland High School	86	85
Leland School Park	109	133
McBride Pre-K Academy	47	72
O'Bannon Elementary School	232	263
O'Bannon High School	197	195
Riverside Elementary School	197	215
Riverside High School	195	170
Sanders Elementary School	151	146
Simmons High School	116	111
Stern Elementary School	106	103
T.L. Weston Middle School	206	240
Trigg Elementary School	141	112
Webb Preparatory School	128	103
Weddington Elementary School	126	125

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