Durant Public School District

For similarly named districts, see Durant School District.

Durant Public School District
Address
65 West Madison Durant , Mississippi , 39063 United States
Coordinates	33°04′42″N89°51′28″W / 33.0782°N 89.8579°W / 33.0782; -89.8579
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K - 12
Closed	July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)

The Durant Public School District was a public school district based in Durant, Mississippi, United States. The district served students in the City of Durant. ^[1]

Effective July 1, 2018 the Durant school district and the Holmes County School District consolidated into the Holmes County Consolidated School District. ^[2]

As of 2016 ^[update] the superintendent was Edwin Robinson. ^[3] It operated a single school, Durant Public School, with elementary and secondary divisions.

History

Gray Tollison, chairperson of the Mississippi Senate Education Committee, wrote SB 2494, which required Durant school district to consolidate into Holmes County's district; Tollison argued that the Durant district had insufficient tax revenues to operate. The Durant school district opposed the consolidation. ^[3] The bill was opposed by Democrats and supported by Republicans, passing the Mississippi House of Representatives. ^[4] In 2016 Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant signed the bill, finalizing the consolidation. ^[5] As a result of the consolidation, a new school board for Holmes County was assembled by 2018. ^[6]

In March 2018 the Durant school board voted to move high school students in Durant to Holmes County Central High School, an action opposed by area residents. ^[6]

Academic performance

As of 2016 ^[update] the graduation rate was 74.6%, and the Mississippi educational authorities gave the school a "D" ranking. ^[7]

Demographics

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 582 students enrolled in the Durant Public School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 47% female and 53% male. The racial makeup of the district was 94.67% African American, 3.26% White, 1.37% Asian, and 0.69% Hispanic. ^[8] 83.9% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch. ^[9]

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06 [8]	623	48%	52%	1.44%	94.22%	0.16%	–	4.17%
2004-05 [8]	632	50%	50%	0.79%	95.09%	0.16%	–	3.96%
2003-04 [8]	646	48%	52%	0.77%	94.27%	–	–	4.95%
2002-03 [10]	658	48%	52%	0.76%	92.55%	0.30%	–	6.38%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07 [11]	2005-06 [12]	2004-05 [13]	2003-04 [14]	2002-03 [15]
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	0	0	1	1	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	1	1	1	1	1
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	1
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0

See also

• List of school districts in Mississippi

References

1. "Map of Holmes County, MS school districts, 2010." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on July 9, 2017.
2. "School District Consolidation in Mississippi Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).
3. Mannie, Sierra (2016-02-24). "A little school district fights to stay that way". The Hechinger Report . Retrieved 2017-07-09.
4. "Bill would merge Holmes County and Durant school districts". WAPT. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
5. Riley, Breck (2016-05-11). "Governor Signs Bill Consolidating Holmes County/Durant School Districts". Breezy News. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
6. Carter, Margaret-Ann (2018-03-09). "Some Durant Public School Students to be transferred to Holmes County School". WJTV . Retrieved 2018-04-18.
7. "Holmes County residents not happy about consolidation bill". WJTV. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
8. "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on 2007-03-23.
9. "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-05-17.^{[ dead link ]}
10. "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. 2004-09-02. Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
11. "2007 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2007-09-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-27. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
12. "2006 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2006-09-06. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
13. "2005 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2005-09-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
14. "2004 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2004-09-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
15. "2003 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. 2003-11-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-11. Retrieved 2007-06-04.

External links

• Durant Public School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
• Mississippi Legislature 2015 Regular Session House Bill 572