Petal High School Enrollment By Gender

The student body of Petal High School in Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi is about evenly split between males and females. The male population of the school is slightly larger; 586 of the 1148 students (51.0 %) are male whereas 562 of the 1148 students (49.0 %) are female.

Gender	Number	%
Female	562	49.0 %
Male	586	51.0 %

Petal High School Enrollment By Race

The student body of Petal High School in Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi is made up of 6 ethnicities. The largest ethnic group of the 1148 students at Petal High School is White. This is followed by Black (16.0 %), Hispanic (1.5 %), Mixed Students of two or more ethnicities (0.7 %), Asian (0.4 %) and Indian (0.2 %).

Race	Number	%
Indian	2	0.2 %
Asian	5	0.4 %
Hispanic	17	1.5 %
Black	184	16.0 %
White	932	81.2 %
Two or More Ethnicities	8	0.7 %