Greenwood Public School District (Mississippi)

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The Greenwood Public School District was a public school district based in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States.

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Effective July 1, 2019 the Greenwood and the Leflore County School District consolidated into the Greenwood-Leflore School District. [1]

History

In 1993, white parents in the Greenwood district made plans to look for majority white private schools after the district leadership proposed having a centralized middle school for all students. [2]

David Jordan, a member of the Mississippi Senate, criticized the upcoming Greenwood-Leflore merger since the Leflore district's performance in state tests was worse than that of the Greenwood district; their respective grades from the Mississippi Department of Education circa 2016-2017 were F and C. [3] Circa 2016 the rating of the Greenwood district was D. Unlike most state-mandated school district consolidations, in which a larger district absorbs a smaller district, in this instance two districts of roughly equal size are merging; in 2016 the Greenwood district had 2,846 students while the Leflore district had 2,405 students. Adam Ganucheau and Zachary Oren Smith of Mississippi Today described both districts as being "large". [4]

Schools

Demographics

Around 1988 Greenwood High School was almost split evenly between black and white students. In 1998 it was 92% black. Greenwood Junior High School was 97% black. Many white students were instead going to the private school Pillow Academy. [9]

The district had 2,846 students in 2016, [4] and 2,634 in the 2018-2019 school year. [10]

2006-07 school year

There were a total of 3,110 students enrolled in the Greenwood Public School District during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 51% female and 49% male. The racial makeup of the district was 91.64% African American, 7.43% White, 0.48% Hispanic, and 0.45% Asian. [11] All of the district's students were eligible to receive free or price-subsidized lunch. [12]

Previous school years

School YearEnrollmentGender MakeupRacial Makeup
FemaleMaleAsianAfrican
American		HispanicNative
American		White
2005-06 [11] 3,15250%50%0.48%91.18%0.48%–7.87%
2004-05 [11] 3,21149%51%0.47%89.97%0.34%–9.22%
2003-04 [11] 3,42249%51%0.29%88.84%0.15%0.06%10.67%
2002-03 [13] 3,48650%50%0.29%88.73%0.20%–10.79%

Accountability statistics

2006-07 [14] 2005-06 [15] 2004-05 [16] 2003-04 [17] 2002-03 [18]
District Accreditation StatusAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccreditedAccredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools11021
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools01120
Level 3 (Successful) Schools44412
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools10112
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools00001
Not Assigned00000

School uniforms

Students at all schools are required to wear school uniforms. [19] The policy was established in the 2009-2010 school year. [20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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).
  2. ↑ Fava, Al (April 20, 1993). "Winona Academy a possible route of escape for students". Greenwood Commonwealth . p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. - See clipping
  3. ↑ "Lt. Governor Willing To Listen On Greenwood-Leflore Merger". Delta Daily News. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Ganucheau, Adam; Zachary Oren Smith (April 25, 2016). "School vote in Jackson hits Greenwood hard". Mississippi Today . Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  5. 1 2 Eric, Gerard (June 1, 2019). "District begins work on repairs". Greenwood Commonwealth . Retrieved March 12, 2022. [...]Threadgill Primary (then still known as W.C. Williams Elementary)[...]
  6. 1 2 "W.C. Williams Elementary will close". Washington Times . Associated Press. May 22, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  7. ↑ Stole, Bryn; Kalich, Tim (May 19, 2015). "W. C. Williams Elementary may close". The Greenwood Commonwealth . pp. 1, 12. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com. Alternate URL of an Associated Press release at the Washington Times website.
  8. ↑ "United States v. Greenwood Pub. Sch. Dist". Casetext. Archived from the original on March 12, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  9. ↑ Rubin, Richard. "Should the Mississippi Files Have Been Re-opened? No, because." The New York Times . August 30, 1998. Retrieved on March 25, 2012.
  10. ↑ Kennedy, Mike (July 8, 2019). "Merger creates new school district in Mississippi". American School and University Magazine . Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System". Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007.
  12. ↑ "2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data" (XLS). Mississippi Department of Education. January 16, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2008.[ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003". Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education. September 2, 2004. Archived from the original on August 12, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2007.
  14. ↑ "2007 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 13, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2007.
  15. ↑ "2006 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 6, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  16. ↑ "2005 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 9, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  17. ↑ "2004 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. September 26, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  18. ↑ "2003 Results" (PDF). Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. Mississippi Department of Education. November 21, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 11, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  19. ↑ "Student Dress Code Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Greenwood Public School District. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Home Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine ." Greenwood Public School District. Retrieved on August 10, 2010.

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