NE Mississippi News

Of the 5,632 students in Alcorn County schools, 51.4% were men and 48.6% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Alcorn County schools was 51.6% men and 48.4% women.

Corinth Elementary School in Corinth had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 11 schools within Alcorn 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
Alcorn Central Elementary School	241	246
Alcorn Central High School	191	194
Alcorn Central Middle School	211	158
Biggersville Elementary School	161	136
Biggersville High School	123	113
Corinth Elementary School	579	575
Corinth High School	312	295
Corinth Middle School	383	357
Kossuth Elementary School	294	250
Kossuth High School	196	203
Kossuth Middle School	205	209

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