Petal Elementary Enrollment By Gender

The student body of Petal Elementary in Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi is about evenly split between males and females. The male population of the school is slightly larger; 345 of the 635 students (54.3 %) are male whereas 290 of the 635 students (45.7 %) are female.

Gender	Number	%
Female	290	45.7 %
Male	345	54.3 %

Petal Elementary Enrollment By Race

The student body of Petal Elementary in Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi is made up of 6 ethnicities. The largest ethnic group of the 635 students at Petal Elementary is White. This is followed by Black (14.8 %), Hispanic (3.9 %), Asian (1.1 %), Mixed Students of two or more ethnicities (0.8 %) and Indian (0.2 %).

Race	Number	%
Indian	1	0.2 %
Asian	7	1.1 %
Hispanic	25	3.9 %
Black	94	14.8 %
White	503	79.2 %
Two or More Ethnicities	5	0.8 %