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Of the 2,577 students in Leake County schools, 50.4% were men and 49.6% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Leake County schools was 50.3% men and 49.7% women.

Leake Central Elementary School in Carthage had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are five schools within Leake 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
Leake Central Elementary School	447	443
Leake Central High School	285	287
Leake Central Junior High School	236	226
Leake County Elementary School	180	184
Leake County High School	151	138

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