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Of the 22,669 students in Rankin County schools, 51.2% were men and 48.8% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

The previous year, the student body across Rankin County schools was 51.3% men and 48.7% women.

Northwest Rankin High School in Flowood had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 32 schools within Rankin 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
Brandon Elementary School	393	362
Brandon High School	813	807
Brandon Middle School	646	594
Florence Elementary School	271	251
Florence High School	370	350
Florence Middle School	325	315
Flowood Elementary School	241	223
Highland Bluff Elementary School	294	269
McLaurin Attendance Center	250	268
McLaurin Elementary School	286	270
Northshore Elementary School	295	254
Northside Elementary School	273	281
Northwest Elementary School	237	253
Northwest Rankin High School	906	890
Northwest Rankin Middle School	741	690
Oakdale Elementary School	272	278
Pearl High School	648	562
Pearl Junior High School	504	489
Pearl Lower Elementary School	373	341
Pearl Upper School	306	294
Pelahatchie Attendance Center	192	173
Pelahatchie Elementary School	197	209
Pisgah Elementary School	256	238
Pisgah High School	200	221
Puckett Attendance Center	180	166
Puckett Elementary School	180	185
Richland Elementary School	212	202
Richland High School	436	400
Richland Upper Elementary School	257	254
Rouse Elementary	377	374
Steen's Creek Elementary	291	259
Stonebridge Elementary	380	345

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