Oxford Reporter

Of the 7,505 students in Lafayette County schools, 50.5% were men and 49.5% were women, according to the Mississippi Department of Education.

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

Oxford High School in Oxford had the highest number of boy and girl students.

There are 10 schools within Lafayette 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
Bramlett Elementary School	281	289
Della Davidson Elementary School	337	374
Lafayette Elementary School	332	348
Lafayette High School	409	438
Lafayette Middle School	232	228
Lafayette Upper Elementary School	396	393
Oxford Elementary School	391	364
Oxford High School	722	624
Oxford Intermediate School	355	319
Oxford Middle School	332	341

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