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Of the 3,917 students in Neshoba County schools, 49.7% were men and 50.3% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

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

Neshoba Central Elementary School in Philadelphia had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are five schools within Neshoba 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
Neshoba Central Elementary School	682	664
Neshoba Central High School	484	497
Neshoba Central Middle School	369	395
Philadelphia Elementary School	221	227
Philadelphia High School	192	186

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