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Of the 2,123 students in Holmes County schools, 51.8% were men and 48.2% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

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

Holmes County Central High School in Lexington had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are six schools within Holmes 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
Durant Elementary School	125	123
Goodman Pickens Elementary School	79	89
Holmes County Central High School	428	398
S.V. Marshall Elementary School	107	99
William Dean Junior Elementary School	220	196
Williams-Sullivan Middle School	140	119

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